Japanese symbol for “athletic”
スポーツ万能
スポーツばんのう
Romaji: supootsubannou
athletic; good at sports
In Japanese, athletic is スポーツ万能, read スポーツばんのう (supootsubannou).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, n athletic; good at sports
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 万能 | ばんのう bannou | all-purpose; utility; universal |
| 万一 | まんいち man'ichi | (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); 10000 to 1 |
| 万歳 | ばんざい banzai | banzai; hurray; hurrah |
| 万全 | ばんぜん banzen | perfection; flawlessness |
| 万事 | ばんじ banji | all; everything |
| 万引き | まんびき manbiki | shoplifting; shoplifter |
| 可能 | かのう kanou | possible; potential; practicable |
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
See also: Chinese symbol for “athletic”.
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.