"性善" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɪŋ³³ siːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/, /sɪŋ³³ siːn²²/ Chinese transliterations: xìngshàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sing³ sin⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xìngshàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sìngshàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsing⁴-shan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syìng-shàn [Mandarin, Yale], shinqshann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], синшань [Mandarin, Palladius], sinšanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], sing sihn [Cantonese, Yale], sing³ sin⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xing³ xin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 性善
  1. (philosophy) good human nature; the theory that people are good by nature Categories (topical): Philosophy Derived forms: 性善說 (xìngshànshuō), 性善说 (xìngshànshuō), 性善論, 性善论
    Sense id: en-性善-zh-noun-YH~wFVKe Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [se̞ːzẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 性善 [canonical] (ruby: (せい), (ぜん)), seizen [romanization], せいぜん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: table Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|せいぜん}} table Head templates: {{ja-noun|せいぜん|hhira=せいぜん}} 性(せい)善(ぜん) • (seizen) ^(←せいぜん (seizen)?)
  1. the fundamental virtue of man Derived forms: 性善説 (seizensetsu) (ruby: 性善説(せいぜんせつ))
    Sense id: en-性善-ja-noun-U66h-G7D Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 100 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕo̞ːzẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 性善 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (ぜん)), shōzen [romanization], syauzen [romanization], しやうぜん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: table Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|しょうぜん}} table Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうぜん|hhira=しやうぜん}} 性(しょう)善(ぜん) • (shōzen) ^(←しやうぜん (syauzen)?)
  1. (Buddhism) Tags: empty-gloss, no-gloss Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-性善-ja-noun-47DEQpj8 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "性善",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "性",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "善",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōzen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syauzen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しやうぜん",
      "roman": "syauzen",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょうぜん",
        "hhira": "しやうぜん"
      },
      "expansion": "性(しょう)善(ぜん) • (shōzen) ^(←しやうぜん (syauzen)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Buddhism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "empty-gloss",
        "no-gloss"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しょーぜん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ːzẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "性善"
}

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