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Japanese symbol for “conditional”

Romaji: joukentsuki
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

In Japanese, conditional is , read (joukentsuki).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no, n conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc.
on: ジョウ、チョウ、デキ
kun: えだ、すじ
7 strokes · JLPT 2
affair, case, matter
on: ケン
kun: くだん
6 strokes · JLPT 2
adhere, attach, refer to
on: フ
kun: つ.ける、-つ.ける、-づ.ける、つ.け
5 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “conditional”

WordReadingMeaning
ただしづき tadashizukiconditional
じょうけんせつ joukensetsuconditional (clause)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じょうけん joukencondition; term; requirement
じょうやく jouyakutreaty; pact; convention
じょうれい joureiregulations; rules
むじょうけん mujoukenunconditional
じょうこう joukouclause; article; stipulations
しんじょう shinjoucreed; belief; conviction
じけん jikenevent; affair; incident
あんけん ankenmatter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue
ふきん fukinneighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

See also: Chinese symbol for “conditional”.

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.