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Japanese symbol for “educated”

Romaji: gakunoaru
educated; learned; schooled

In Japanese, educated is , read (gakunoaru).

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Meanings

  1. adj-f, exp educated; learned; schooled

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

study, learning, science
on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ
8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
がっこう gakkouschool
だいがく daigakuuniversity; college
がくせい gakuseistudent (esp. a university student)
かがく kagakuscience
がくえん gakueneducational institution; school; academy
しょうがっこう shougakkouprimary school; elementary school; grade school

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.