Japanese symbol for “ana”

全日空

ぜんにっくう

Romaji: zennikkuu

All Nippon Airways (abbr); ANA

In Japanese, ana is 全日空, read ぜんにっくう (zennikkuu).

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Meanings

n All Nippon Airways (abbr); ANA

Kanji and stroke order

全

whole, entire, all

on: ゼン
kun: まった.く、すべ.て

6 strokes · JLPT 2

日

day, sun, Japan

on: ニチ、ジツ
kun: ひ、-び、-か

4 strokes · JLPT 4

空

empty, sky, void

on: クウ
kun: そら、あ.く、あ.き、あ.ける

8 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “ana”

Word	Reading	Meaning
抗核抗体	こうかくこうたい koukakukoutai	antinuclear antibody; ANA; antinuclear factor

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
全部	ぜんぶ zenbu	all; entire; whole
全員	ぜんいん zen'in	all members; all hands; everyone
安全	あんぜん anzen	safety; security
完全	かんぜん kanzen	perfect; complete
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
全体	ぜんたい zentai	whole; entirety
今日	きょう kyou	today; this day
日本	にほん nihon	Japan
空気	くうき kuuki	air; atmosphere

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.