Japanese symbol for “taxis”
走性
そうせい
Romaji: sousei
taxis
In Japanese, taxis is 走性, read そうせい (sousei).
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Meanings
- n taxis (biol)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走る | はしる hashiru | to run |
| 逃走 | とうそう tousou | flight; desertion; escape |
| 走行 | そうこう soukou | running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling |
| 走り | はしり hashiri | running |
| 脱走 | だっそう dassou | escape; flight; breakout |
| 暴走 | ぼうそう bousou | acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly |
| 女性 | じょせい josei | woman; female |
| 男性 | だんせい dansei | man; male |
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.