血けつ縁えん

also: けちえん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

blood relationship; consanguinity

Refers to the abstract tie of shared blood or genetic connection. Often used in legal, anthropological, or formal contexts.

血けつ縁えん関かん係けいにある者もの同どう士しの結けっ婚こんは法ほう律りつで禁きん止しされている。
Marriage between people who are related by blood is prohibited by law.

彼かれとは血けつ縁えんはないが、本ほん当とうの兄きょう弟だいのように育そだった。

I have no blood relationship with him, but we grew up like real brothers.

2

noun

blood relative

Refers to a person who is related by blood, as opposed to a relative by marriage or adoption. Often used in the plural 血縁者.

彼かれは私わたしの唯ゆい一いつの血けつ縁えんです。
He is my only blood relative.
血けつ縁えんのない親しん族ぞくも大たい切せつにしている。
I also cherish relatives who are not related by blood.

Written forms

血縁Usage100%
- けつえん
  Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
- けちえん
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading; it is out-dated kana usage.
けちえん
out-dated reading

Kanji

血blood
縁affinity, relation, connection

Similar words

親しん族ぞく
親族 is a broader term for relatives, including those by marriage or adoption, while 血縁 specifically refers to blood ties or blood relatives.
血けつ族ぞく
血族 is a legal term for blood relatives within a certain degree of kinship, often used in the context of inheritance or family registration. 血縁 is more general and can refer to the abstract concept of blood relationship.

Etymology

血 (blood) + 縁 (connection, tie). The reading けつえん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading. The obsolete reading けちえん reflects an older pronunciation of 血.