韧性
rèn​xìng HSK7

toughness

韧 rèn strong and pliable Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 刃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 韌.

Components

韦
韦 Meaning component
wéi, huí tanned leather
刃
刃 Sound component
rèn knife edge

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

性 xìng, xing nature

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

生
生 Sound component
shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjengHseŋ-s nature

說文解字

《說文》：“性，人之陽气性善者也。从心，生聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

韌 rèn strong and pliable Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 韋 represents the meaning and 刃 represents the sound.

Components

韋
韋 Meaning component
(surround a city), tanned leather
刃
刃 Sound component
rèn knife edge

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjɯns

說文解字

柔而固也。从韋刃聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)