Japanese symbol for “intergenerational”
異世代
いせだい
Romaji: isedai
intergenerational; of different generations
In Japanese, intergenerational is 異世代, read いせだい (isedai).
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Meanings
- adj-f intergenerational; of different generations
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “intergenerational”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 異世代間 | いせだいかん isedaikan | intergenerational |
| 世代間 | せだいかん sedaikan | intergenerational |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 異常 | いじょう ijou | abnormal; unusual; extraordinary |
| 異性 | いせい isei | the opposite sex |
| 特異 | とくい tokui | unique; peculiar; singular |
| 異動 | いどう idou | (personnel) change; transfer; relocation |
| 異なる | ことなる kotonaru | to differ; to be different; to disagree |
| 異端 | いたん itan | heresy; nonconformism; heathenism |
| 世界 | せかい sekai | the world; society; the universe |
| 世代 | せだい sedai | generation |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
See also: Chinese symbol for “intergenerational”.
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.