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Japanese symbol for “bracketed”

Romaji: kakkonai
in parentheses; in brackets; parenthesized; bracketed

In Japanese, bracketed is , read (kakkonai).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no, n in parentheses; in brackets; parenthesized; bracketed

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

inside, within, between
on: ナイ、ダイ
kun: うち
4 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “bracketed”

WordReadingMeaning
かっこつき kakkotsukibracketed

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ないよう naiyoucontents; content; substance
こくない kokunaiwithin the country; inside the county; domestic
ないぶ naibuinterior; inside; internal
いない inaiwithin; inside of; less than
あんない annaiguidance; leading (the way); showing around
ないかく naikakucabinet (of a government); ministry

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.