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Japanese symbol for “evocation”

Romaji: kanki
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation

In Japanese, evocation is , read (kanki).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation

Kanji and stroke order

yell, cry, call
on: カン
kun: わめ.く
12 strokes · JLPT 1
rouse, wake up, get up
on: キ
kun: お.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す
10 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “evocation”

WordReadingMeaning
ゆうき yuukievocation; inducement; giving rise to
しょうかん shoukansummoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しょうかん shoukansummons; subpoena; citation
かんもん kanmonsummons
わめく wamekuto shout; to cry (out); to yell
あびきょうかん abikyoukanagonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
きそ kisoprosecution; indictment
おこる okoruto occur; to happen
おこす okosuto raise; to raise up; to set up
おきる okiruto get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)

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.