Japanese symbol for “algeria”

阿爾及

アルジェリア

Romaji: arujeria

Algeria

In Japanese, algeria is 阿爾及, read アルジェリア (arujeria).

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Meanings

n Algeria

Kanji and stroke order

阿

Africa, flatter, fawn upon

on: ア、オ
kun: おもね.る、くま

8 strokes · JLPT 1

爾

you, thou, second person

on: ジ、ニ
kun: なんじ、しかり、その、のみ

14 strokes · JLPT 1

及

reach out, exert, exercise

on: キュウ
kun: およ.ぶ、およ.び、および、およ.ぼす

3 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
阿弥陀	あみだ amida	Amitabha (Buddha); Amida
阿呆	あほ aho	fool; idiot; simpleton
阿波	あわ awa	Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
阿修羅	あしゅら ashura	Asura; demigod; anti-god
阿鼻叫喚	あびきょうかん abikyoukan	agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
阿吽	あうん aun	Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma
莞爾	かんじ kanji	smiling
爾来	じらい jirai	since then; after that
普及	ふきゅう fukyuu	diffusion; spread; popularization

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.