Japanese symbol for “shifting”
転嫁
てんか
Romaji: tenka
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck
In Japanese, shifting is 転嫁, read てんか (tenka).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck
- n, vs, vt second marriage; remarriage
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “shifting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 入れ替わり | いれかわり irekawari | substitution; replacement; shifting |
| 移替 | いたい itai | changing (person in charge, etc.); shifting |
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 |
| 花嫁 | はなよめ hanayome | bride |
| 嫁入り | よめいり yomeiri | marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride |
See also: Chinese symbol for “shifting”.
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.