Japanese symbol for “chronological”
経時的
けいじてき
Romaji: keijiteki
chronological; over time
In Japanese, chronological is 経時的, read けいじてき (keijiteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na chronological; over time
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “chronological”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発生順 | はっせいじゅん hasseijun | chronological |
| 経時 | けいじ keiji | chronological; successive; metachronic |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経済 | けいざい keizai | economy; economics |
| 経験 | けいけん keiken | experience |
| 経営 | けいえい keiei | management; administration; operation |
| 神経 | しんけい shinkei | nerve |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 経由 | けいゆ keiyu | going through; going via; going by way of |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “chronological”.
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.