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Japanese symbol for “batch”

Romaji: ikkatsu
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump

In Japanese, batch is , read (ikkatsu).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

Kanji and stroke order

one, one radical (no.1)
on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ
1 strokes · JLPT 4
fasten, tie up, arrest
on: カツ
kun: くく.る
9 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “batch”

WordReadingMeaning
バッチ batchibatch
ロット rotto(production) lot; batch
かいぶん kaibunbatch
きせい kiseiintake (esp. in a school, training program, etc.); cohort; batch

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
いっしょ issho(doing) together
いちばん ichibannumber one; first; first place
ひとつ hitotsuone
いっぱん ippangeneral; universal
いちぶ ichibuone part; one portion; one section
いっぽう ippouone (esp. of two); the other; one way
ほうかつ houkatsuinclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness
そうかつ soukatsusummarization; summary; generalization

See also: Chinese symbol for “batch”.

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.