Japanese symbol for “councilor”
参事
さんじ
Romaji: sanji
secretary; councillor; councilor
In Japanese, councilor is 参事, read さんじ (sanji).
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Meanings
- n secretary; councillor; councilor
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “councilor”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参事官 | さんじかん sanjikan | councillor; councilor |
| 参事会員 | さんじかいいん sanjikaiin | councilor; councillor |
| 議士 | ぎし gishi | councillor; councilor; legislator |
| 顧問官 | こもんかん komonkan | councillor; councilor |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参加 | さんか sanka | participation; joining; entry |
| 参考 | さんこう sankou | reference; consultation |
| 参照 | さんしょう sanshou | reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison |
| 参議院 | さんぎいん sangiin | House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) |
| 参戦 | さんせん sansen | participation in a war; going to war |
| 持参 | じさん jisan | bringing; taking; carrying |
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
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.