Japanese symbol for “evocative”

暗示的

あんじてき

Romaji: anjiteki

suggestive; allusive; evocative; implicit

In Japanese, evocative is 暗示的, read あんじてき (anjiteki).

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Meanings

adj-na suggestive; allusive; evocative; implicit

Kanji and stroke order

暗

darkness, disappear, shade

on: アン
kun: くら.い、くら.む、くれ.る

13 strokes · JLPT 3

示

show, indicate, point out

on: ジ、シ
kun: しめ.す

5 strokes · JLPT 2

的

bull's eye, mark, target

on: テキ
kun: まと

8 strokes · JLPT 2

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
展示	てんじ tenji	exhibition; display
指示	しじ shiji	indication; denotation; designation
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim

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.