Japanese symbol for “conducting”
経営
けいえい
Romaji: keiei
management; administration; operation; running (a business)
In Japanese, conducting is 経営, read けいえい (keiei).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “conducting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 指揮 | しき shiki | conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.) |
| 嚮導 | きょうどう kyoudou | guidance; leading (the way); taking point |
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 |
| 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 |
| 運営 | うんえい un'ei | management; administration; operation |
| 営業 | えいぎょう eigyou | business; trade; operations |
| 国営 | こくえい kokuei | government management; state management |
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.