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Japanese symbol for “idealist”

Romaji: risouka
idealist

In Japanese, idealist is , read (risouka).

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Meanings

  1. n idealist

Kanji and stroke order

logic, arrangement, reason
on: リ
kun: ことわり
11 strokes · JLPT 3
idea, thought, conception
on: ソウ、ソ
kun: おも.う
13 strokes · JLPT 2
house, home, family
on: カ、ケ
kun: いえ、や、うち
10 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “idealist”

WordReadingMeaning
イデアリスト idearisutoidealist

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
りゆう riyuureason; grounds; pretext
りかい rikaiunderstanding; comprehension; appreciation
むり muriunreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
かんり kanricontrol; management (e.g. of a business)
りょうり ryouricooking; cookery; cuisine
しょり shoriprocessing; dealing with; treatment
よそう yosouexpectation; anticipation; prediction
そうぞう souzouimagination; supposition; guess
かぞく kazokufamily

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.