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Japanese symbol for “asynchronous”

Romaji: hidouki
asynchronous

In Japanese, asynchronous is , read (hidouki).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no, n asynchronous (comp)

Kanji and stroke order

un-, mistake, negative
on: ヒ
kun: あら.ず
8 strokes · JLPT 2
same, agree, equal
on: ドウ
kun: おな.じ
6 strokes · JLPT 3
period, time, date
on: キ、ゴ
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “asynchronous”

WordReadingMeaning
ひどうきしき hidoukishikiasynchronous

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ひじょう hijouemergency
ぜひ zehicertainly; without fail
ひなん hinancriticism; blame; censure
ひこうしき hikoushikiinformal; unofficial
ひこうかい hikoukaiprivate; non-public; secret
ひこう hikoudelinquency; misconduct
どうよう douyousame; similar; (just) like
どうし doushifellow; mutual; companion
きかん kikanperiod; term; interval

See also: Chinese symbol for “asynchronous”.

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.