片利共生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
片	利	共	生
へん Grade: 6	り Grade: 4	きょう Grade: 4	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

片 (hen, “one-sided”) +‎ 利 (ri, “benefit”) +‎ 共生 (kyōsei, “symbiosis”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へんりきょーせー [hèńrí kyóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞n̺ɾʲi kʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

片(へん)利(り)共(きょう)生(せい) • (henri kyōsei) ^{←へんりきようせい (fenrikyousei)?}

1. (ecology) commensalism

See also

• 便(びん)乗(じょう) (binjō)
• 着(ちゃく)生(せい) (chakusei)
• 変(へん)態(たい)共(きょう)生(せい) (hentai kyōsei)

References

• “片利共生”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025