TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
性
性 ＝ 忄 ＋ 生
ㄒㄧㄥˋ · xìng
noun — nature, disposition; gender
字源 FORM — what the parts do
忄義the heart — the inner self
IFTshēng → xìng — the reading drifted off the donor
What the heart (忄) is born (生) with. 生 shēng carries the sound and the idea of inborn. The grain you come with: 本性、個性 — and the kind you're born as, 性別.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一顆心（忄）裡，生（生）下來就長著的那點底子。
Inside the heart (忄), the grain it was born (生) with.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)本性、天性— inborn nature常用
→性格、個性— character, disposition
⇒性別— gender, sex
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension