Japanese symbol for “asymmetry”
非対称
ひたいしょう
Romaji: hitaishou
asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry
In Japanese, asymmetry is 非対称, read ひたいしょう (hitaishou).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry (math)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “asymmetry”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| アシメ | アシメ ashime | asymmetry |
| 不釣合い | ふつりあい futsuriai | imbalance; disproportion; disparity |
| アシンメトリー | アシンメトリー ashinmetorii | asymmetry |
| 不均斉 | ふきんせい fukinsei | asymmetry |
| 不斉 | ふせい fusei | irregularity; unevenness; asymmetry |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非常 | ひじょう hijou | emergency |
| 是非 | ぜひ zehi | certainly; without fail |
| 非難 | ひなん hinan | criticism; blame; censure |
| 非公式 | ひこうしき hikoushiki | informal; unofficial |
| 非公開 | ひこうかい hikoukai | private; non-public; secret |
| 非行 | ひこう hikou | delinquency; misconduct |
| 対応 | たいおう taiou | correspondence (to); equivalence |
| 絶対 | ぜったい zettai | absolutely; definitely; unconditionally |
| 名称 | めいしょう meishou | name; title |
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