noun, takes genitive case の

  1. the opposite sex.
  2. Chemistry term.isomerism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
異性 いせい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

uncommon, different, queerness
イ こと け (6th, N1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
sex, gender, nature
セイ ショウ さが (5th, N3)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)