遺い伝でん子し
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Meanings
Noun
1. gene
Kanji used
Pitch accent
いでんし
Composed of
遺い伝でん
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
Noun
子し
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...); counter for played stones
Noun
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Examples2
DNA is a complex chemical that makes up a gene.
All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.