突然変異

Japanese

Kanji in this term
突	然	変	異
とつ Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 4	へん Grade: 4	い Grade: 6

Alternative spelling
突然變異 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

• 突然 (とつぜん, totsuzen): sudden
• +変異 (へんい, hen'i): alteration

Noun

突(とつ)然(ぜん)変(へん)異(い) • (totsuzenhen'i) 

1. (genetics) mutation

Synonyms

• 変異 (へんい, hen'i): mutation

References

• “突然変異”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026