Japanese symbol for “polygamy”
一夫多妻
いっぷたさい
Romaji: ipputasai
polygamy; polygyny
In Japanese, polygamy is 一夫多妻, read いっぷたさい (ipputasai).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n polygamy; polygyny
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “polygamy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多妻 | たさい tasai | polygamy; polygyny |
| 複婚 | ふくこん fukukon | polygamy |
| ポリガミー | ポリガミー porigamii | polygamy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 一つ | ひとつ hitotsu | one |
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 一部 | いちぶ ichibu | one part; one portion; one section |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 夫婦 | ふうふ fuufu | married couple; husband and wife; man and wife |
| 多数 | たすう tasuu | large number (of); many |
| 夫妻 | ふさい fusai | husband and wife; married couple |
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.