What does kanji 胤 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 胤 is descendent.

How is kanji 胤 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 胤 are たね; the onyomi readings are イン.

What is the main radical of kanji 胤?

The main radical for kanji 胤 is 肉.

What words use kanji 胤?

Example words that use kanji 胤 include 胤, 胤裔, 種違い, 血胤.

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胤

Meaning

Kanji 胤

descendent

descendent, issue, offspring

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: たね
Onyomi 音読み: イン
Nanori 名乗り: つぎつぐかず

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: -
Strokes: 9
Radical: 肉
Components: 儿 • 幺 • 月
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: -

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Showing 10 of 10 entries that include this kanji.

胤

たね

issue

胤裔

いんえい

successor

種違い

たねちがい

half- (sibling by a different father)

血胤

けついん

lineage

後胤

こういん

descendant

皇胤

こういん

Imperial descendant (posterity)

子種

こだね

sperm

落とし胤

おとしだね

illegitimate child (usu. of a nobleman)

落胤

らくいん

nobleman's illegitimate child

因果の胤を宿す

いんがのたねをやどす

to become pregnant with an illegitimate child

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

王の胤が国を継いだ。

The king's descendant inherited the kingdom.

彼は名家の胤だ。

He is descended from a distinguished family.

胤を絶やしてはならない。

The bloodline must not be allowed to die out.

その胤は今もこの村に残っている。

That lineage still remains in this village today.

彼女は武家の胤を引いている。

She comes from a samurai lineage.

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