Japanese symbol for “typology”
類型論
るいけいろん
Romaji: ruikeiron
typology
In Japanese, typology is 類型論, read るいけいろん (ruikeiron).
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Meanings
- n typology
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “typology”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 類型学 | るいけいがく ruikeigaku | typology |
| タイポロジー | タイポロジー taiporojii | typology |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 種類 | しゅるい shurui | variety; kind; type |
| 人類 | じんるい jinrui | mankind; humanity |
| 書類 | しょるい shorui | document; papers |
| 分類 | ぶんるい bunrui | classification; categorization; sorting |
| 類似 | るいじ ruiji | resemblance; similarity; likeness |
| 衣類 | いるい irui | clothes; clothing; garments |
| 大型 | おおがた oogata | large; large-sized; large-scale |
| 体型 | たいけい taikei | figure; body shape; build |
| 議論 | ぎろん giron | argument; discussion; dispute |
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.