Japanese symbol for “director”
理事
りじ
Romaji: riji
director; trustee
In Japanese, director is 理事, read りじ (riji).
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Meanings
- n director; trustee
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “director”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 社長 | しゃちょう shachou | company president; manager; director |
| 役員 | やくいん yakuin | director; executive |
| 院長 | いんちょう inchou | director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector |
| 重役 | じゅうやく juuyaku | (company) director; executive; top management |
| 監督 | かんとく kantoku | director; superintendent; supervisor |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 理由 | りゆう riyuu | reason; grounds; pretext |
| 理解 | りかい rikai | understanding; comprehension; appreciation |
| 無理 | むり muri | unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable |
| 管理 | かんり kanri | control; management (e.g. of a business) |
| 料理 | りょうり ryouri | cooking; cookery; cuisine |
| 処理 | しょり shori | processing; dealing with; treatment |
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
See also: Chinese symbol for “director”.
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.