Japanese symbol for “gsa”

米国地質学会

べいこくちしつがっかい

Romaji: beikokuchishitsugakkai

Geological Society of America; GSA

In Japanese, gsa is 米国地質学会, read べいこくちしつがっかい (beikokuchishitsugakkai).

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Meanings

n Geological Society of America; GSA

Kanji and stroke order

米

rice, USA, metre

on: ベイ、マイ、メエトル
kun: こめ、よね

6 strokes · JLPT 2

国

country

on: コク
kun: くに

8 strokes · JLPT 4

地

ground, earth

on: チ、ジ

6 strokes · JLPT 3

質

substance, quality, matter

on: シツ、シチ、チ
kun: たち、ただ.す、もと、わりふ

15 strokes · JLPT 3

学

study, learning, science

on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

会

meeting, meet, party

on: カイ、エ
kun: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる

6 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
米国	べいこく beikoku	(United States of) America; USA; US
新米	しんまい shinmai	new rice; first rice crop of the year
全米	ぜんべい zenbei	all of the United States; the whole of the USA
南米	なんべい nanbei	South America
白米	はくまい hakumai	polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
中南米	ちゅうなんべい chuunanbei	Central and South America
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
国内	こくない kokunai	within the country; inside the county; domestic
地域	ちいき chiiki	area; region; district
質問	しつもん shitsumon	question; inquiry; enquiry
学校	がっこう gakkou	school
会社	かいしゃ kaisha	company; corporation; firm

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.