Japanese symbol for “canceling”
お蔵
おくら
Romaji: okura
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling
In Japanese, canceling is お蔵, read おくら (okura).
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Meanings
- n shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling
- n rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)
Written forms: お蔵、お倉、御蔵、御倉. Readings: おくら、オクラ.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷蔵庫 | れいぞうこ reizouko | refrigerator; fridge |
| 大蔵 | おおくら ookura | Ministry of Finance |
| 内蔵 | ないぞう naizou | internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with) |
| 大蔵省 | おおくらしょう ookurashou | Ministry of Finance (1869-2001) |
| 貯蔵 | ちょぞう chozou | storage; preservation; stocking |
| 冷蔵 | れいぞう reizou | cold storage; refrigeration |
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.