優性

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 6
せい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From (ゆう) (, superior) + (せい) (sei, nature). This wording was abolished in 2017 to avoid hints of eugenics.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うせー [yùúséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːse̞ː]

Noun

(ゆう)(せい) • (yūsei) いうせい (iusei)?

  1. (biology, genetics, until 2017) dominance

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References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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