Japanese symbol for “hrd”

人材開発

じんざいかいはつ

Romaji: jinzaikaihatsu

human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD

In Japanese, hrd is 人材開発, read じんざいかいはつ (jinzaikaihatsu).

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Meanings

n human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD

Written forms: 人材開発、人財開発、人才開発. Readings: じんざいかいはつ.

Kanji and stroke order

人

person

on: ジン、ニン
kun: ひと、-り、-と

2 strokes · JLPT 4

材

lumber, log, timber

on: ザイ

7 strokes · JLPT 2

開

open, unfold, unseal

on: カイ
kun: ひら.く、ひら.き、-びら.き、ひら.ける

12 strokes · JLPT 3

発

departure, discharge, publish

on: ハツ、ホツ
kun: た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす

9 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
人間	にんげん ningen	human being; human; person
個人	こじん kojin	individual; private person; personal
人気	にんき ninki	popularity; public favor
人生	じんせい jinsei	(one's) life
人々	ひとびと hitobito	people; men and women
大人	おとな otona	adult; grown-up
取材	しゅざい shuzai	gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.)
素材	そざい sozai	ingredient; (raw) material; resource
開催	かいさい kaisai	holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
発売	はつばい hatsubai	sale; offering for sale; putting on sale

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.