食性

Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (食性)
simp. #(食性)

Pronunciation


Noun

食性

  1. food preference
  2. animal eating habits

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょく
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょくせー [shòkúséé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟se̞ː]

Noun

(しょく)(せい) • (shokusei

  1. animal eating habits

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

食性 • (sikseong) (hangeul 식성)

  1. hanja form? of 식성