Japanese symbol for “epc”

欧州政治協力

おうしゅうせいじきょうりょく

Romaji: oushuuseijikyouryoku

European Political Co-operation; EPC

In Japanese, epc is 欧州政治協力, read おうしゅうせいじきょうりょく (oushuuseijikyouryoku).

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Meanings

n European Political Co-operation; EPC

Kanji and stroke order

欧

Europe

on: オウ
kun: うた.う、は.く

8 strokes · JLPT 2

州

state, province

on: シュウ、ス
kun: す

6 strokes · JLPT 2

政

politics, government

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: まつりごと、まん

9 strokes · JLPT 2

治

reign, be at peace, calm down

on: ジ、チ
kun: おさ.める、おさ.まる、なお.る、なお.す

8 strokes · JLPT 2

協

co-, cooperation

on: キョウ

8 strokes · JLPT 2

力

power, strength, strong

on: リョク、リキ、リイ
kun: ちから

2 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
欧州	おうしゅう oushuu	Europe
東欧	とうおう touou	Eastern Europe
西欧	せいおう seiou	Western Europe
北欧	ほくおう hokuou	Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
欧米	おうべい oubei	Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
南欧	なんおう nan'ou	Southern Europe
九州	きゅうしゅう kyuushuu	Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
広州	こうしゅう koushuu	Guangzhou (China); Canton
政府	せいふ seifu	government; administration; ministry
政治	せいじ seiji	politics; government
協力	きょうりょく kyouryoku	cooperation; collaboration; help
能力	のうりょく nouryoku	ability; faculty

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.