Japanese symbol for “incompatibility”
抵触
ていしょく
Romaji: teishoku
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
In Japanese, incompatibility is 抵触, read ていしょく (teishoku).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
- n, vi, vs conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; incompatibility; contradiction
- n, vi, vs collision; contact; touching
Written forms: 抵触、牴触、觝触. Readings: ていしょく.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “incompatibility”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 配合禁忌 | はいごうきんき haigoukinki | incompatibility (of drugs) |
| 相反性 | そうはんせい souhansei | opposition; incompatibility (of ideas, characteristics, etc.) |
| 違和 | いわ iwa | incongruity; incompatibility; inconsistency |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵抗 | ていこう teikou | resistance; opposition; standing up to |
| 大抵 | たいてい taitei | mostly; ordinarily; usually |
| 抵当 | ていとう teitou | mortgage; security; hypothec |
| 並大抵 | なみたいてい namitaitei | ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill |
| 抵当権 | ていとうけん teitouken | mortgage; right of pledge; lien |
| 接触 | せっしょく sesshoku | touch; contact; touching |
| 感触 | かんしょく kanshoku | feel (of something); touch; texture |
| 触る | さわる sawaru | to touch; to feel; to handle |
See also: Chinese symbol for “incompatibility”.
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.