Japanese symbol for “academia”
学界
がっかい
Romaji: gakkai
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world
In Japanese, academia is 学界, read がっかい (gakkai).
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Meanings
- n academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “academia”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| アカデミア | アカデミア akademia | academia |
| アカデミー | アカデミー akademii | academia |
| 文 | ぶん bun | the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 科学 | かがく kagaku | science |
| 学園 | がくえん gakuen | educational institution; school; academy |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school; grade school |
| 世界 | せかい sekai | the world; society; the universe |
| 業界 | ぎょうかい gyoukai | business world; business circles; (the) industry |
See also: Chinese symbol for “academia”.
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.