Japanese symbol for “gop”

全般前哨

ぜんぱんぜんしょう

Romaji: zenpanzenshou

general outpost; GOP

In Japanese, gop is 全般前哨, read ぜんぱんぜんしょう (zenpanzenshou).

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Meanings

n general outpost; GOP (mil)

Kanji and stroke order

全

whole, entire, all

on: ゼン
kun: まった.く、すべ.て

6 strokes · JLPT 2

般

carrier, carry, all

on: ハン

10 strokes · JLPT 2

前

in front, before

on: ゼン
kun: まえ、-まえ

9 strokes · JLPT 4

哨

scout, sentinel

on: ショウ
kun: みはり

10 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
全部	ぜんぶ zenbu	all; entire; whole
全員	ぜんいん zen'in	all members; all hands; everyone
安全	あんぜん anzen	safety; security
完全	かんぜん kanzen	perfect; complete
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
全体	ぜんたい zentai	whole; entirety
一般	いっぱん ippan	general; universal
全般	ぜんぱん zenpan	(the) whole
名前	なまえ namae	name
哨戒	しょうかい shoukai	patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling

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.