Japanese symbol for “exclusionary”
排他的
はいたてき
Romaji: haitateki
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
In Japanese, exclusionary is 排他的, read はいたてき (haitateki).
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Meanings
- adj-na exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排除 | はいじょ haijo | exclusion; removal; elimination |
| 排水 | はいすい haisui | drainage; draining; pumping out (water) |
| 排出 | はいしゅつ haishutsu | discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2) |
| 排斥 | はいせき haiseki | rejection; expulsion; boycott |
| 排気 | はいき haiki | exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine) |
| 排他 | はいた haita | exclusion |
| 他人 | たにん tanin | another person; other people; others |
| その他 | そのほか sonohoka | the rest; the others |
| 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.