継承

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: S
しょう
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
繼承 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (kei, succeed) + (shō, succeed to).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーしょー [kèéshóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

(けい)(しょう) • (keishō

  1. succession, accession, inheritance

Derived terms

Verb

(けい)(しょう)する • (keishō surusuru (stem (けい)(しょう) (keishō shi), past (けい)(しょう)した (keishō shita))

  1. succeed to, accede to, inherit

Conjugation