Japanese symbol for “deductive”

演繹的

えんえきてき

Romaji: en'ekiteki

deductive

In Japanese, deductive is 演繹的, read えんえきてき (en'ekiteki).

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Meanings

adj-na deductive

Kanji and stroke order

演

performance, act, play

on: エン

14 strokes · JLPT 2

繹

pull out

on: エキ、ヤク
kun: たずね.る、ぬ.く

19 strokes

的

bull's eye, mark, target

on: テキ
kun: まと

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
出演	しゅつえん shutsuen	appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
公演	こうえん kouen	public performance
演奏	えんそう ensou	musical performance
演出	えんしゅつ enshutsu	direction (of a play, film, etc.); production
演技	えんぎ engi	acting; performance
講演	こうえん kouen	lecture; address; speech
演繹	えんえき en'eki	deductive reasoning; deduction
演繹法	えんえきほう en'ekihou	(method of) deduction
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim

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.