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Japanese symbol for “gfc”

Romaji: sekaikin'yuukiki
world financial crisis (2007-2008); global financial crisis; GFC

In Japanese, gfc is , read (sekaikin'yuukiki).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n world financial crisis (2007-2008); global financial crisis; GFC

Kanji and stroke order

generation, world, society
on: セイ、セ、ソウ
kun: よ
5 strokes · JLPT 3
world, boundary
on: カイ
9 strokes · JLPT 3
gold
on: キン、コン、ゴン
kun: かね、かな-、-がね
8 strokes · JLPT 4
dissolve, melt
on: ユウ
kun: と.ける、と.かす
16 strokes · JLPT 1
dangerous, fear, uneasy
on: キ
kun: あぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ
6 strokes · JLPT 2
loom, mechanism, machine
on: キ
kun: はた
16 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “gfc”

WordReadingMeaning
リーマンショック riimanshokku2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
せかい sekaithe world; society; the universe
せだい sedaigeneration
せいき seikicentury
よのなか yononakasociety; the world; the times
せけん sekenworld; society; people
せたい setaihousehold; family
ぎょうかい gyoukaibusiness world; business circles; (the) industry
げんかい genkailimit; bound
おかね okanemoney
きんゆう kin'yuufinance; financing; credit transacting
きけん kikendanger; peril; hazard
きのう kinoufunction; facility; faculty

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.