Japanese symbol for “transitive”

推移的

すいいてき

Romaji: suiiteki

transitive

In Japanese, transitive is 推移的, read すいいてき (suiiteki).

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Meanings

adj-na transitive

Kanji and stroke order

推

conjecture, infer, guess

on: スイ
kun: お.す

11 strokes · JLPT 1

移

shift, move, change

on: イ
kun: うつ.る、うつ.す

11 strokes · JLPT 2

的

bull's eye, mark, target

on: テキ
kun: まと

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
推進	すいしん suishin	propulsion; drive
推薦	すいせん suisen	recommendation; referral; endorsement
推定	すいてい suitei	presumption; assumption
推測	すいそく suisoku	guess; conjecture
推理	すいり suiri	reasoning; inference; deduction
推移	すいい suii	transition; change; progress
移動	いどう idou	movement; transfer; migration
移植	いしょく ishoku	transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim

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.