Japanese symbol for “covariance”
共分散
きょうぶんさん
Romaji: kyoubunsan
covariance
In Japanese, covariance is 共分散, read きょうぶんさん (kyoubunsan).
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Meanings
- n covariance
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “covariance”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共変量 | きょうへんりょう kyouhenryou | covariance; covariate |
| 共変性 | きょうへんせい kyouhensei | covariance |
| 共変 | きょうへん kyouhen | covariance; covariant |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共同 | きょうどう kyoudou | cooperation; collaboration; association |
| 共通 | きょうつう kyoutsuu | common; shared; mutual |
| 公共 | こうきょう koukyou | public (facilities, service, etc.); communal |
| 共に | ともに tomoni | together; jointly |
| 共有 | きょうゆう kyouyuu | joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint) |
| 共感 | きょうかん kyoukan | sympathy; empathy; response |
| 自分 | じぶん jibun | myself; yourself; oneself |
| 部分 | ぶぶん bubun | portion; section; part |
| 解散 | かいさん kaisan | breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “covariance”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.