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Japanese symbol for “centralized”

Romaji: ichigenteki
monistic; unitary; unified; centralized

In Japanese, centralized is , read (ichigenteki).

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Meanings

  1. adj-na monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised

Kanji and stroke order

one, one radical (no.1)
on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ
1 strokes · JLPT 4
beginning, former time, origin
on: ゲン、ガン
kun: もと
4 strokes · JLPT 3
bull's eye, mark, target
on: テキ
kun: まと
8 strokes · JLPT 2

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
げんき genkilively; full of spirit; energetic
じもと jimotohome area; home town
もくてき mokutekipurpose; goal; aim

See also: Chinese symbol for “centralized”.

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.