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Japanese symbol for “bipolar”

Romaji: soukyoku
having two poles; bipolar

In Japanese, bipolar is , read (soukyoku).

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Meanings

  1. adj-f having two poles; bipolar

Kanji and stroke order

pair, set, comparison
on: ソウ
kun: ふた、たぐい、ならぶ、ふたつ
4 strokes · JLPT 2
extreme, pole, extremely
on: キョク、ゴク
kun: きわ.める、きわ.まる、きわ.まり、きわ.み
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “bipolar”

WordReadingMeaning
バイポーラ baipoorabipolar (in electronics); bi-polar
そうきょくせい soukyokuseibipolar

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ふたご futagotwins; twin
そうほう souhouboth parties; both sides
そうがんきょう sougankyoubinoculars; field glasses
ふたば futabaseed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud
そうせいじ souseijitwins
むそう musoupeerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
きょくたん kyokutanextreme; extremity
きゅうきょく kyuukyokuultimate; final; last

See also: Chinese symbol for “bipolar”.

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.