Japanese symbol for “ecology”
生態
せいたい
Romaji: seitai
ecology; life and habits (of an animal)
In Japanese, ecology is 生態, read せいたい (seitai).
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Meanings
- n ecology; life and habits (of an animal)
- n mode of life; way of living
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ecology”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| エコロジー | エコロジー ekorojii | ecology |
| 生態学 | せいたいがく seitaigaku | ecology |
| 生態環境 | せいたいかんきょう seitaikankyou | ecology; ecological environment |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 先生 | せんせい sensei | teacher; instructor; master |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
| 状態 | じょうたい joutai | state; condition; situation |
| 事態 | じたい jitai | situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ecology”.
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.