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Japanese symbol for “characterizing”

Romaji: kyarazuke
characterizing (someone as having a specific personality); stereotyping; typecasting; treating (someone) as if they have a certain (stereotypical) personality

In Japanese, characterizing is , read (kyarazuke).

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Meanings

  1. n characterizing (someone as having a specific personality); stereotyping; typecasting; treating (someone) as if they have a certain (stereotypical) personality

Kanji and stroke order

adhere, attach, refer to
on: フ
kun: つ.ける、-つ.ける、-づ.ける、つ.け
5 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ふきん fukinneighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
ふぞく fuzokubeing attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to)
つきあい tsukiaiassociation; socializing; socialising
うけつけ uketsukereception (desk); information desk; receptionist
きふ kifucontribution; donation
ひづけ hizukedate; dating

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.