noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. mediation, agency, serving as a medium, acting as an intermediary, acting as a go-between.
  2. carrying (germs, diseases, etc.), transmission.

noun

Messages.phil.
  1. mediation (in Hegelianism).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
媒介 ばいかい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mediator, go-between
バイ なこうど (Early High School, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
so-and-so, one, a certain
ボウ それがし なにがし (Late Jr. High, N1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い カン うま.い (Early Jr. High, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
jammed in, shellfish, mediate
カイ すけ ゆき (Early Jr. High, N2)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ