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経路 (けいろ, keiro) Japanese meaning: route | Kotomora
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あん
全ぜん
な
経けい
路ろ
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送そう
信しん
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Data is transmitted via a secure channel.
Please check the evacuation route.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 から 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 までの 経けい 路ろ the route from one place to another
I looked into several routes from Tokyo to Osaka.
〜 という 経けい 路ろ をたどる to go through a certain process/course
That decision was reached through a complicated process.
経けい 路ろ をたどる to trace/follow a route or process
They investigated by tracing the virus's route of infection.
経けい 路ろ を 変へん 更こう する to change a route
They changed the delivery route because of construction work.
Kanji 経 sutra, longitude, pass thru Related words· 10 ルート is a casual loanword for a route often used for travel or delivery paths, while 経路 is the more formal, technical term used in science, networking, or business contexts.
過程 refers generally to the stages a process goes through, while 経路 in this sense emphasizes the specific sequence of steps or channel a process passes along.
道筋 stresses a physical path or a line of reasoning one follows, whereas 経路 more broadly covers abstract channels like data flow or infection spread as well as physical routes.
経路 is the general word for a route or pathway, while チャンネル specifically refers to a channel of communication or broadcasting.
Show 6 more 経路 refers to a route or channel connecting two points, often in a technical or logistical sense, while 進路 emphasizes the direction something is heading, like a storm's path or a person's future course.
経路 is a more formal, technical word for a route (e.g., a transmission or delivery path), while 道順 is the everyday term for the sequence of streets and turns needed to reach a destination.
経路 is a neutral term for any route or course (e.g. in transportation or logistics), while 順路 specifically implies a route with a prescribed, recommended order to follow.
Don't confuse with 通路 is a physical passage or aisle you actually walk through, while 経路 is the broader, often abstract route or channel something travels along, including non-physical data or disease transmission.
Word family· 16 metabolic pathway
reference path
stress path
Written forms 経けい 路ろ Usage 99%
Standard kanji form; high priority in news and frequency lists.
径けい 路ろ Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
逕けい 路ろ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 経 (pass through, via) and 路 (path, road). The spelling 径路 uses 径 (path, diameter) and 逕路 uses 逕 (path, way), both rare variants.
途と
経路 is a practical or technical word for a specific route or path taken (e.g. a travel route or transmission path), whereas 途 is a more abstract, literary word for 'way' or 'course'.
経路 refers to the route or path itself, whereas 経由 describes the act of passing via a place or intermediary on the way to a destination.
経路 is a more general word for a route or path, while 回路 specifically implies a closed loop that returns to its starting point.
経けい
路ろ
infection route; transmission route; source of infection
avenue of approach; approach path
