Japanese symbol for “ansi”

米国規格協会

べいこくきかくきょうかい

Romaji: beikokukikakukyoukai

American National Standards Institute; ANSI

In Japanese, ansi is 米国規格協会, read べいこくきかくきょうかい (beikokukikakukyoukai).

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Meanings

n American National Standards Institute; ANSI

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

規

standard, measure

on: キ

11 strokes · JLPT 2

格

status, rank, capacity

on: カク、コウ、キャク、ゴウ

10 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
規模	きぼ kibo	scale; scope; plan
価格	かかく kakaku	price; value; cost
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.