Japanese Word Entry

家長制度
Kana:かちょうせいど
Romaji:kachouseido
Definition: patriarchal system

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Chinese characters used in this word

house, home, family, professional, expert, performer, residence
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄚ (jiā), ㄍㄨ (gū), ㄐㄧㄚˋ (jià), ㄐㄧㄚ˙ (jia), ㄐㄧㄝ˙ (jie)
Cantonese: gaa1
Japanese: カ (ka)、 ケ (ke)、 コ (ko) / いえ (ie)、 や (ya)、 うち (uchi)
Korean: 가 (ga)
Vietnamese: gia, cô

long, leader, superior, senior, length, excel in, Kangxi radical 168
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄤˊ (cháng), ㄓㄤˇ (zhǎng), ㄓㄤˋ (zhàng)
Cantonese: coeng4
Japanese: チョウ (chou) / なが.い (nagai)、 おさ (osa)、 たける (takeru)
Korean: 장 (jang)
Vietnamese: trường, trưởng, trướng
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

system, law, rule, establish, overpower
Readings
Mandarin: ㄓˋ (zhì)
Cantonese: zai3
Japanese: セイ (sei) / おさえる (osaeru)
Korean: 제 (je)
Vietnamese: chế

degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude, degree, system, manner, to consider
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄨˋ (dù), ㄉㄨㄛˊ (duó), ㄉㄨㄛˋ (duò), ㄓㄞˊ (zhái)
Cantonese: dou6
Japanese: ド (do)、 ト (to)、 タク (taku) / たび (tabi)、 -た.い (-tai)、 はかる (hakaru)、 めもり (memori)
Korean: 도 (do), 탁 (tag)
Vietnamese: độ, đạc