交こう差さ

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交差する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	交こう差さする	交こう差さしない
Polite	交こう差さします	交こう差さしません
Past polite	交こう差さしました	交こう差さしませんでした
Past	交こう差さした	交こう差さしなかった
Te-form	交こう差さして	交こう差さしないで
Desire	交こう差さしたい	交こう差さしたくない
Potential	交こう差さできる	交こう差さできない
Passive	交こう差さされる	交こう差さされない
Causative	交こう差ささせる	交こう差ささせない
Causative passive	交こう差ささせられる	交こう差ささせられない
Volitional	交こう差さしよう
Polite volitional	交こう差さしましょう
Imperative	交こう差さしろ	交こう差さするな
Conditional	交こう差さすれば	交こう差さしなければ
Tara conditional	交こう差さしたら	交こう差さしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

crossing; intersection

Refers to lines, roads, or paths crossing each other, or the point where they intersect. Used both as a noun and as a suru-verb.

この交こう差さ点てんで二ふたつの大おおきな道どう路ろが交こう差さしている。
Two major roads intersect at this crossing.
線せん路ろと道どう路ろが交こう差さする場ば所しょには踏ふみ切きりがある。
There is a railroad crossing where the tracks and the road intersect.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

crossing over (genetics)

biology

Biology term for the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes during meiosis.

減げん数すう分ぶん裂れつの過か程ていで染せん色しょく体たいの交こう差さが起おこる。
Chromosomal crossing over occurs during meiosis.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉と交こう差さするfor one thing to cross another
この電でん車しゃの線せん路ろは国こく道どうと交こう差さしている。
This train track crosses the national highway.
染せん色しょく体たいが交こう差さするfor chromosomes to cross over (genetics)
相そう同どう染せん色しょく体たいが交こう差さして遺い伝でん子しが組くみ換かわる。
Homologous chromosomes cross over, causing genes to recombine.
〈物もの〉が直ちょっ角かくに交こう差さするto cross at a right angle
二ふたつの道みちは直ちょっ角かくに交こう差さしている。
The two roads cross at right angles.

Kanji

交mingle, mixing, association
差distinction, difference, variation
叉fork in road, crotch

Related words

交まじわるN1sense 1
交差 refers specifically to lines, roads, or paths crossing at a point, while 交わる is a broader verb that can also describe people mingling or relationships intersecting.
クロス sense 1
交差 is the standard, slightly formal term for two lines or paths crossing, while クロス is a casual loanword often used in everyday speech for the same idea.
交こう錯さく
交差 focuses on physical crossing (roads, lines), while 交錯 implies a more complex, often abstract intertwining or mixing.
すれ違ちがうN2
交差する describes paths literally crossing (like roads or lines), while すれ違う describes two moving things passing by without touching.

Opposites

平へい行こうN1sense 1
交差 describes lines or paths that cross each other at a point, whereas 平行 describes lines that run alongside each other and never meet.
並へい行こうN2
交差 means paths crossing or intersecting, the opposite of 並行 where things run alongside each other without meeting.
平へい行こう線せん
交差 means 'to intersect', the geometric opposite of 平行線, which describes lines that never meet.

Don't confuse with

交こう錯さく sense 1
交差 usually refers to two lines or paths simply crossing at one point, while 交錯 suggests multiple things crisscrossing or intermingling in a tangled, complex way.
交かわすN2
交差する is intransitive and describes lines or roads crossing on their own, whereas 交わす is transitive and implies a deliberate crossing, as with swords or glances.

Word family· 9

交こう差さ点てんN5
intersection; crossing
交こう差さ位い
scissoring; crossed position
交こう差さ性せい
intersectionality
交こう差さ路ろ
intersection; crossroad; cross streets
交こう差さ検けん定てい
cross-validation

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平へい面めん交こう差さ
grade crossing; level crossing
立りっ体たい交こう差さ
grade separation; multi-level crossing; cloverleaf interchange
交こう差さ対たい称しょう性せい
crossing symmetry
交こう差さ合ごう計けい検けん査さ
crossfooting

Built from

交こう+差さ

Written forms

交こう差さUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling for crossing and intersection.
交こう叉さUsage8%
Alternate kanji spelling; less common than 交差 but still used, especially in technical contexts like genetics.

Etymology

Compound of 交 (interchange, mix) and 差 (difference, crossing). The spelling 交叉 uses 叉 (fork, crotch) which also conveys crossing. The word itself is a Sino-Japanese term.