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Japanese symbol for “congress”

Romaji: gikai
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

In Japanese, congress is , read (gikai).

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

  1. n congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

Kanji and stroke order

deliberation, consultation, debate
on: ギ
20 strokes · JLPT 2
meeting, meet, party
on: カイ、エ
kun: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる
6 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “congress”

WordReadingMeaning
かいぎ kaigimeeting; conference; session
こっかい kokkailegislative assembly; parliament; congress
ぎいん giinparliament; congress; diet
コングレス konguresucongress
こうごう kougousexual union; congress

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ぎいん giinmember of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament
かいぎ kaigimeeting; conference; session
ぎろん gironargument; discussion; dispute
ふしぎ fushigiwonderful; marvelous; strange
きょうぎ kyougiconference; consultation; discussion
かいしゃ kaishacompany; corporation; firm
しゃかい shakaisociety; public; community
たいかい taikaimass meeting; convention; rally

See also: Chinese symbol for “congress”.

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.

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