双生児

Japanese

Kanji in this term
双	生	児
そう Grade: S	せい Grade: 1	じ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
雙生兒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

双生 (sōsei, “twins”) + 児 (ji, “child”)

Noun

双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) • (sōseiji) 

1. twins

Derived terms

• シャム双生児 (shamu sōseiji): Siamese twins
• 結合双生児 (ketsugō sōseiji): conjoined twins
• 一卵性双生児 (ichiransei sōseiji): identical twins
• 二卵性双生児 (niransei sōseiji): fraternal twins