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Japanese symbol for “ess”

Romaji: shinkatekinianteinasenryaku
evolutionarily stable strategy; ESS

In Japanese, ess is , read (shinkatekinianteinasenryaku).

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Meanings

  1. n evolutionarily stable strategy; ESS

Kanji and stroke order

advance, proceed, progress
on: シン
kun: すす.む、すす.める
11 strokes · JLPT 3
change, take the form of, influence
on: カ、ケ
kun: ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する
4 strokes · JLPT 2
bull's eye, mark, target
on: テキ
kun: まと
8 strokes · JLPT 2
relax, cheap, low
on: アン
kun: やす.い、やす.まる、やす、やす.らか
6 strokes · JLPT 4
determine, fix, establish
on: テイ、ジョウ
kun: さだ.める、さだ.まる、さだ.か
8 strokes · JLPT 2
war, battle, match
on: セン
kun: いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ
13 strokes · JLPT 2
abbreviation, omission, outline
on: リャク
kun: ほぼ、はぶ.く、おか.す、おさ.める
11 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
すいしん suishinpropulsion; drive
しんこう shinkoumoving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement
しんしゅつ shinshutsuadvance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into)
しんか shinkaevolution
そくしん sokushinpromotion; acceleration; encouragement
しんぽ shinpoprogress; advance; improvement
ぶんか bunkaculture; civilization; civilisation
へんか henkachange; variation; alteration
もくてき mokutekipurpose; goal; aim
あんぜん anzensafety; security
よてい yoteiplans; arrangement; schedule
せんそう sensouwar
しんりゃく shinryakuinvasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

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.