Japanese symbol for “discoverer”
発見者
はっけんしゃ
Romaji: hakkensha
discoverer
In Japanese, discoverer is 発見者, read はっけんしゃ (hakkensha).
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Meanings
- n discoverer
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “discoverer”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ディスカバラー | ディスカバラー disukabaraa | discoverer |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 発表 | はっぴょう happyou | announcement; publication; presenting |
| 開発 | かいはつ kaihatsu | development; cultivation; application |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 発見 | はっけん hakken | discovery; detection; finding |
| 発言 | はつげん hatsugen | statement; remark; observation |
| 見る | みる miru | to see; to look; to watch |
| 意見 | いけん iken | opinion; view; comment |
| 患者 | かんじゃ kanja | patient |
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.