Japanese symbol for “incheon”

仁川

インチョン

Romaji: inchon

Incheon (South Korea); Inchon

In Japanese, incheon is 仁川, read インチョン (inchon).

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Meanings

n Incheon (South Korea); Inchon

Written forms: 仁川. Readings: インチョン、じんせん.

Kanji and stroke order

仁

humanity, virtue, benevolence

on: ジン、ニ、ニン

4 strokes · JLPT 1

川

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

on: セン
kun: かわ

3 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
仁義	じんぎ jingi	humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue
仁王	におう niou	two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
杏仁	きょうにん kyounin	apricot seed; apricot kernel
仁王立ち	におうだち nioudachi	imposing stance; daunting pose
御仁	ごじん gojin	personage; person (deserving of respect)
小川	おがわ ogawa	stream; brook; creek
河川	かせん kasen	rivers
川上	かわかみ kawakami	upper reaches of a river; upstream

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.