Japanese symbol for “excommunication”

除名

じょめい

Romaji: jomei

striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication

In Japanese, excommunication is 除名, read じょめい (jomei).

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Meanings

n, vs, vt striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication

Kanji and stroke order

除

exclude, division (x/3), remove

on: ジョ、ジ
kun: のぞ.く、-よ.け

10 strokes · JLPT 2

名

name, noted, distinguished

on: メイ、ミョウ
kun: な、-な

6 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “excommunication”

Word	Reading	Meaning
破門	はもん hamon	excommunication; anathema

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
解除	かいじょ kaijo	termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding
掃除	そうじ souji	cleaning; sweeping; dusting
排除	はいじょ haijo	exclusion; removal; elimination
削除	さくじょ sakujo	deletion; elimination; erasure
除外	じょがい jogai	exception; exclusion
除去	じょきょ jokyo	removal; getting rid of
名前	なまえ namae	name
有名	ゆうめい yuumei	famous; well-known

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.