How to say "genealogy" in Japanese

• 系譜けいふCommon
  nounCovers genealogy as a line of descent or lineage — tracing where a family or tradition comes from. Also used figuratively, as in the genealogy of a school of thought or an artistic style.
• 系図けいずCommon
  nounPoints to the family tree as a chart or diagram — a genealogical table setting out who descends from whom. The word for drawing up or consulting such a tree.
  徳川とくがわ家かの系図けいずを列挙れっきょしなさい。↗

  Recite the names of the members of the Tokugawa clan.
• 譜ふCommon
  nounIn practice a combining element, as in 系譜, rather than a word used on its own; for 'genealogy' it is seldom the right choice — go with 系譜 or 系図.

Use 系譜 for genealogy as lineage or descent, literal or figurative; 系図 for the family tree laid out as a chart or diagram; 譜 is chiefly a combining element and seldom stands alone.

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• 系譜けいふgenealogy
• 系図けいずfamily tree
• 家譜かふpedigree
• 系図学けいずがく(study of) genealogy
• 系譜学けいふがく(study of) genealogy
• 譜ふgenealogy
• 世系せいけいfamily tree