Japanese symbol for “fund”
基金
ききん
Romaji: kikin
fund; foundation
In Japanese, fund is 基金, read ききん (kikin).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n fund; foundation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fund”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ファンド | ファンド fando | fund |
| 基本金 | きほんきん kihonkin | fund; endowment |
| 資金を出す | しきんをだす shikin'odasu | to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基本 | きほん kihon | basics; fundamentals; basis |
| 基準 | きじゅん kijun | standard; criterion; norm |
| 基地 | きち kichi | base (military, expedition, etc.) |
| 基礎 | きそ kiso | foundation; basis |
| 基盤 | きばん kiban | base; basis; foundation |
| 基づく | もとづく motozuku | to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on) |
| お金 | おかね okane | money |
| 資金 | しきん shikin | funds; capital |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fund”.
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.