Japanese symbol for “unmatched”
類いない
たぐいない
Romaji: taguinai
unparalleled; incomparable; unmatched; unrivaled
In Japanese, unmatched is 類いない, read たぐいない (taguinai).
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Meanings
- adj-i unparalleled; incomparable; unmatched; unrivaled; matchless
Written forms: 類いない、類ない、類い無い. Readings: たぐいない.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “unmatched”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当代一 | とうだいいち toudaiichi | best of one's time; greatest of the age; peerless |
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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “unmatched”.
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.