Japanese symbol for “abcs”

In Japanese, abcs is ＡＢＣ, read エー・ビー・シー (ee・bii・shii).

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Meanings

1. n alphabet; ABCs
2. n the ABCs (of); basics; fundamentals; rudiments
3. n activity-based costing; ABC (bus)
4. n Atanasoff-Berry Computer; ABC (comp)

Written forms: ＡＢＣ. Readings: エー・ビー・シー、エービーシー.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.