Japanese symbol for “metastasis”
転移
てんい
Romaji: ten'i
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition
In Japanese, metastasis is 転移, read てんい (ten'i).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition
- n, vi, vs metastasis; spread (med)
- n, vi, vs transition (e.g. phase transition) (physics)
- n, vi, vs transfer (of learning)
- n, vi, vs transference (psyanal)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 運転 | うんてん unten | operation (of a machine); running; working |
| 自転車 | じてんしゃ jitensha | bicycle; bike |
| 回転 | かいてん kaiten | rotation; revolution; turn |
| 移転 | いてん iten | moving; relocation; change of address |
| 逆転 | ぎゃくてん gyakuten | reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout |
| 転換 | てんかん tenkan | conversion; diversion; changeover |
| 移動 | いどう idou | movement; transfer; migration |
| 移植 | いしょく ishoku | transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting |
See also: Chinese symbol for “metastasis”.
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.