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Japanese symbol for “administrative”

Romaji: jimuteki
administrative; businesslike; practical

In Japanese, administrative is , read (jimuteki).

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

  1. adj-na administrative; businesslike; practical
  2. adj-na impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

Kanji and stroke order

matter, thing, fact
on: ジ、ズ
kun: こと、つか.う、つか.える
8 strokes · JLPT 3
task, duties
on: ム
kun: つと.める
11 strokes · JLPT 2
bull's eye, mark, target
on: テキ
kun: まと
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “administrative”

WordReadingMeaning
けいえいじょう keieijouadministrative; managerial; operational
かんりじょう kanrijouadministrative
ぎょうせいじょう gyouseijouadministrative
ぎょうせいてき gyouseitekiadministrative; executive

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しごと shigotowork; job; labor
じけん jikenevent; affair; incident
きじ kijiarticle; news story; report
じぎょう jigyoubusiness; enterprise; venture
じこ jikoaccident; incident; trouble
じじつ jijitsufact; truth; reality
じむしょ jimushooffice
じむ jimuoffice work; clerical work; administration
もくてき mokutekipurpose; goal; aim

See also: Chinese symbol for “administrative”.

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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