Japanese symbol for “extracurricular”
課外
かがい
Romaji: kagai
extracurricular
In Japanese, extracurricular is 課外, read かがい (kagai).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n extracurricular
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “extracurricular”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正課外 | せいかがい seikagai | extracurricular |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 課題 | かだい kadai | subject; theme; issue |
| 課長 | かちょう kachou | section manager; section chief |
| 課税 | かぜい kazei | taxation |
| 課程 | かてい katei | course; curriculum |
| 日課 | にっか nikka | daily routine; daily work; daily lesson |
| 放課後 | ほうかご houkago | after school (at the end of the day) |
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
See also: Chinese symbol for “extracurricular”.
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.