かく
隔
せい
世
い
遺
でん
伝

noun, takes genitive case の

Messages.yoji.
  1. atavism, throwback, reappearance of an earlier characteristic, skipping a generation, reversion to ancestral type.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かく
隔
せい
世
い
遺
でん
伝
 隔世遺伝 かくせいいでん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

isolate, alternate, distance
カク　へだ.てる (Late Jr. High, N1)
tripod
カク　レキ　かなえ (Kentei 1)
delicious, (旨 variant)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
net radical, (㓁 variant)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
under, underneath, below
カ　ゲ　した
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
bequeath, leave behind, reserve
イ　ユイ　のこ.す (6th, N1)
precious, value, prize
キ　ぎ　とうと.い (6th, N1)
only used in personal names
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
shellfish
かい　バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
transmit, go along, walk along
つた.わる　デン　つだ.う (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say
ウン　い.う　ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)