Japanese symbol for “uterine”
種違い
たねちがい
Romaji: tanechigai
half- (sibling by a different father); uterine; maternal
In Japanese, uterine is 種違い, read たねちがい (tanechigai).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n half- (sibling by a different father); uterine; maternal
Written forms: 種違い、胤違い、たね違い. Readings: たねちがい.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “uterine”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 種変わり | たねがわり tanegawari | half- (sibling by a different father); uterine; maternal |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 種類 | しゅるい shurui | variety; kind; type |
| 人種 | じんしゅ jinshu | race (of people) |
| 一種 | いっしゅ isshu | a kind; a sort; a variety |
| 品種 | ひんしゅ hinshu | type (of goods); sort |
| 種目 | しゅもく shumoku | item; event |
| 機種 | きしゅ kishu | model (of machine, device) |
| 違い | ちがい chigai | difference; distinction; discrepancy |
| 間違い | まちがい machigai | mistake; error; blunder |
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.