Japanese symbol for “aclu”

米国自由人権協会

べいこくじゆうじんけんきょうかい

Romaji: beikokujiyuujinkenkyoukai

American Civil Liberties Union; ACLU

In Japanese, aclu is 米国自由人権協会, read べいこくじゆうじんけんきょうかい (beikokujiyuujinkenkyoukai).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

n American Civil Liberties Union; ACLU

Kanji and stroke order

米

rice, USA, metre

on: ベイ、マイ、メエトル
kun: こめ、よね

6 strokes · JLPT 2

国

country

on: コク
kun: くに

8 strokes · JLPT 4

自

oneself

on: ジ、シ
kun: みずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずと

6 strokes · JLPT 3

由

wherefore, a reason

on: ユ、ユウ、ユイ
kun: よし、よ.る

5 strokes · JLPT 2

人

person

on: ジン、ニン
kun: ひと、-り、-と

2 strokes · JLPT 4

権

authority, power, rights

on: ケン、ゴン
kun: おもり、かり、はか.る

15 strokes · JLPT 2

協

co-, cooperation

on: キョウ

8 strokes · JLPT 2

会

meeting, meet, party

on: カイ、エ
kun: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる

6 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
米国	べいこく beikoku	(United States of) America; USA; US
新米	しんまい shinmai	new rice; first rice crop of the year
全米	ぜんべい zenbei	all of the United States; the whole of the USA
南米	なんべい nanbei	South America
白米	はくまい hakumai	polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
中南米	ちゅうなんべい chuunanbei	Central and South America
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
国内	こくない kokunai	within the country; inside the county; domestic
自分	じぶん jibun	myself; yourself; oneself
理由	りゆう riyuu	reason; grounds; pretext
人間	にんげん ningen	human being; human; person
権利	けんり kenri	right; privilege
協力	きょうりょく kyouryoku	cooperation; collaboration; help
会社	かいしゃ kaisha	company; corporation; firm

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.

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