Japanese symbol for “ens”

存在者

そんざいしゃ

Romaji: sonzaisha

ens; entity; being

In Japanese, ens is 存在者, read そんざいしゃ (sonzaisha).

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Meanings

n ens; entity; being (phil)

Kanji and stroke order

存

exist, suppose, be aware of

on: ソン、ゾン
kun: ながら.える、あ.る、たも.つ、と.う

6 strokes · JLPT 2

在

exist, outskirts, suburbs

on: ザイ
kun: あ.る

6 strokes · JLPT 2

者

someone, person

on: シャ
kun: もの

8 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
存在	そんざい sonzai	existence; being; presence
保存	ほぞん hozon	preservation; conservation; storage
ご存知	ごぞんじ gozonji	knowing; being aware (of)
生存	せいぞん seizon	existence; being; life
共存	きょうぞん kyouzon	coexistence
依存	いぞん izon	dependence; reliance
現在	げんざい genzai	the present; present time; now
滞在	たいざい taizai	stay; sojourn
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.