たね

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たね – see the following entries.

【種】4 [noun] a seed [noun] a pit or stone in a fruit [noun] a gamete (reproductive cell such as a spermatozoan or egg) [noun] a lineage, bloodline [noun] an origin, cause [noun] the materials or ingredients from which something is made [noun] capital, funds, seed money [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling タネ

【胤】J [noun] paternal blood, offspring

(This term, たね, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as たね, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たね.)