Japanese symbol for “foreigners”
外国勢
がいこくぜい
Romaji: gaikokuzei
(group of) foreigners; foreign contingent; foreign participants; foreign competitors
In Japanese, foreigners is 外国勢, read がいこくぜい (gaikokuzei).
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Meanings
- n (group of) foreigners; foreign contingent; foreign participants; foreign competitors; foreign players; foreign teams
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
| 以外 | いがい igai | excluding; except (for); apart from |
| 外交 | がいこう gaikou | diplomacy |
| 意外 | いがい igai | unexpected; surprising; unanticipated |
| 外部 | がいぶ gaibu | outside (e.g. of a building); exterior |
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 姿勢 | しせい shisei | posture; pose; position |
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.