Japanese symbol for “bilateral”
二国間
にこくかん
Romaji: nikokukan
bilateral
In Japanese, bilateral is 二国間, read にこくかん (nikokukan).
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Meanings
- adj-no bilateral
Written forms: 二国間、２国間. Readings: にこくかん.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bilateral”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| バイラテラル | バイラテラル bairateraru | bilateral |
| 両国間 | りょうこくかん ryoukokukan | between both countries; bilateral |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二つ | ふたつ futatsu | two |
| 二宮 | にぐう niguu | the Two Ise Shrines |
| 二塁打 | にるいだ niruida | two-base hit; double |
| 二塁 | にるい nirui | second base |
| 二分 | にぶん nibun | halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection |
| 一石二鳥 | いっせきにちょう issekinichou | killing two birds with one stone |
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bilateral”.
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.