Japanese symbol for “cityscape”

都市景観

としけいかん

Romaji: toshikeikan

cityscape; urban landscape

In Japanese, cityscape is 都市景観, read としけいかん (toshikeikan).

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Meanings

n cityscape; urban landscape

Kanji and stroke order

都

metropolis, capital, all

on: ト、ツ
kun: みやこ

11 strokes · JLPT 3

市

market, city, town

on: シ
kun: いち

5 strokes · JLPT 3

景

scenery, view

on: ケイ

12 strokes · JLPT 2

観

outlook, look, appearance

on: カン
kun: み.る、しめ.す

18 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
都市	とし toshi	town; city; municipal
都合	つごう tsugou	circumstances; condition; convenience
首都	しゅと shuto	(national) capital (city); metropolis
都内	とない tonai	within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
京都	きょうと kyouto	Kyoto (city, prefecture)
都会	とかい tokai	city
市場	いちば ichiba	(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
市民	しみん shimin	citizen (of a country); citizenry
背景	はいけい haikei	background; scenery; backdrop
観光	かんこう kankou	sightseeing; tourism

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.