Japanese symbol for “america”
米国
べいこく
Romaji: beikoku
(United States of) America; USA; US
In Japanese, america is 米国, read べいこく (beikoku).
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Meanings
- n (United States of) America; USA; US
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “america”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 米 | べい bei | (United States of) America; USA |
| 亜米利加 | アメリカ amerika | (United States of) America; United States; US |
| 米州 | べいしゅう beishuu | America (land mass); the Americas |
| 亜 | あ a | America; American person |
| ダメリカ | ダメリカ damerika | America |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 国民 | こくみん kokumin | people (of a country); nation; citizen |
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.