性転換

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 5
てん
Grade: 3
かん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
性轉換 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (sei, sex) + 転換 (tenkan, change).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーてんかん [sèétéꜜǹkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːtẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

(せい)(てん)(かん) • (seitenkan) せいてんくわん (seitenkwan)?

  1. sex change
  2. (transgender, sometimes offensive) gender reassignment

Synonyms

  • (gender reassignment): (せい)(べつ)(さい)(てき)(ごう) (seibetsu saitekigō), (せい)(べつ)(てき)(ごう) (seibetsu tekigō)

Verb

(せい)(てん)(かん)する • (seitenkan suru) せいてんくわん (seitenkwan)?suru (stem (せい)(てん)(かん) (seitenkan shi), past (せい)(てん)(かん)した (seitenkan shita))

  1. undergo sex change
  2. (transgender, sometimes offensive) be operate in gender reassignment surgery

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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