Japanese symbol for “patriarchy”
家父長制
かふちょうせい
Romaji: kafuchousei
patriarchy; system of patriarchy
In Japanese, patriarchy is 家父長制, read かふちょうせい (kafuchousei).
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Meanings
- n patriarchy; system of patriarchy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “patriarchy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 父権制 | ふけんせい fukensei | patriarchy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家族 | かぞく kazoku | family |
| 国家 | こっか kokka | state; country; nation |
| 家庭 | かてい katei | home; household; family |
| 作家 | さっか sakka | author; writer; novelist |
| 実家 | じっか jikka | (one's parents') home |
| 農家 | のうか nouka | farmer; farming family |
| 父親 | ちちおや chichioya | father |
| お父さん | おとうさん otousan | father; dad; papa |
| 成長 | せいちょう seichou | growth; development; growing up |
| 制度 | せいど seido | system; institution; organization |
See also: Chinese symbol for “patriarchy”.
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.