Japanese symbol for “encryption”
暗号化
あんごうか
Romaji: angouka
encryption; encoding; encipherment
In Japanese, encryption is 暗号化, read あんごうか (angouka).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt encryption; encoding; encipherment
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “encryption”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗証化 | あんしょうか anshouka | encryption; coding; password |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗殺 | あんさつ ansatsu | assassination |
| 真っ暗 | まっくら makkura | pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark |
| 暗号 | あんごう angou | code; password; cipher |
| 暗い | くらい kurai | dark; gloomy; murky |
| 暗黙 | あんもく anmoku | tacit; unspoken; implicit |
| 暗黒 | あんこく ankoku | darkness |
| 番号 | ばんごう bangou | number; series of digits |
| 信号 | しんごう shingou | signal; signalling; signaling |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
See also: Chinese symbol for “encryption”.
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.