Japanese symbol for “article”
記事
きじ
Romaji: kiji
article; news story; report; account
In Japanese, article is 記事, read きじ (kiji).
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Meanings
- n article; news story; report; account
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “article”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文章 | ぶんしょう bunshou | writing; composition; essay |
| 品物 | しなもの shinamono | article; item; thing |
| 論文 | ろんぶん ronbun | thesis; essay; treatise |
| 物件 | ぶっけん bukken | article; thing; object |
| 品 | しな shina | article; item; thing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 記念 | きねん kinen | commemoration; celebration; remembrance |
| 記録 | きろく kiroku | record; document; minutes |
| 記憶 | きおく kioku | memory; recollection; remembrance |
| 記者 | きしゃ kisha | reporter; journalist |
| 日記 | にっき nikki | diary; journal |
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 事業 | じぎょう jigyou | business; enterprise; venture |
See also: Chinese symbol for “article”.
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.