Japanese symbol for “finances”
財源
ざいげん
Romaji: zaigen
source of funds; resources; finances
In Japanese, finances is 財源, read ざいげん (zaigen).
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Meanings
- n source of funds; resources; finances
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “finances”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経済 | けいざい keizai | finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances |
| 台所 | だいどころ daidokoro | financial situation; finances |
| 暮らし向き | くらしむき kurashimuki | life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances |
| 身上 | しんしょう shinshou | life circumstances; finances; housekeeping |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 財産 | ざいさん zaisan | property; fortune; assets |
| 財政 | ざいせい zaisei | public finance |
| 財布 | さいふ saifu | wallet; purse; coin purse |
| 文化財 | ぶんかざい bunkazai | cultural assets; cultural property |
| 財界 | ざいかい zaikai | financial world; business circles |
| 財閥 | ざいばつ zaibatsu | zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group |
| 資源 | しげん shigen | resources |
| 電源 | でんげん dengen | source of electricity; electrical power |
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.