Japanese symbol for “commissioner”
総監
そうかん
Romaji: soukan
inspector general; commissioner
In Japanese, commissioner is 総監, read そうかん (soukan).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n inspector general; commissioner
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “commissioner”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弁務官 | べんむかん benmukan | commissioner |
| コミッショナー | コミッショナー komisshonaa | commissioner |
| 事務官 | じむかん jimukan | administrative official; secretary; commissioner |
| 管理官 | かんりかん kanrikan | administrator; director; commissioner |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 総合 | そうごう sougou | synthesis; combination; integration |
| 総理 | そうり souri | prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier |
| 総裁 | そうさい sousai | president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank) |
| 総会 | そうかい soukai | general meeting |
| 総数 | そうすう sousuu | total (number); count |
| 総務 | そうむ soumu | general affairs; general business; manager |
| 監督 | かんとく kantoku | supervision; control; superintendence |
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
See also: Chinese symbol for “commissioner”.
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.