Japanese symbol for “empirical”
実証的
じっしょうてき
Romaji: jisshouteki
empirical; positive
In Japanese, empirical is 実証的, read じっしょうてき (jisshouteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na empirical; positive
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “empirical”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経験的 | けいけんてき keikenteki | experiential; empirical; experimental |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 実際 | じっさい jissai | reality; actuality; truth |
| 実は | じつは jitsuha | as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth |
| 事実 | じじつ jijitsu | fact; truth; reality |
| 現実 | げんじつ genjitsu | reality; actuality; hard fact |
| 実施 | じっし jisshi | enforcement; implementation; putting into practice |
| 確実 | かくじつ kakujitsu | certain; sure; definite |
| 証拠 | しょうこ shouko | evidence; proof |
| 証明 | しょうめい shoumei | proof; testimony; demonstration |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “empirical”.
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.