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Japanese symbol for “industrialization”

Romaji: jigyouka
industrialization; industrialisation

In Japanese, industrialization is , read (jigyouka).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt industrialization; industrialisation
  2. n, vs, vt commercialization

Kanji and stroke order

matter, thing, fact
on: ジ、ズ
kun: こと、つか.う、つか.える
8 strokes · JLPT 3
business, vocation, arts
on: ギョウ、ゴウ
kun: わざ
13 strokes · JLPT 3
change, take the form of, influence
on: カ、ケ
kun: ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する
4 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “industrialization”

WordReadingMeaning
こうぎょうか kougyoukaindustrialization; industrialisation
さんぎょうか sangyoukaindustrialization; industrialisation

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しごと shigotowork; job; labor
じけん jikenevent; affair; incident
きじ kijiarticle; news story; report
じぎょう jigyoubusiness; enterprise; venture
じこ jikoaccident; incident; trouble
じじつ jijitsufact; truth; reality
きぎょう kigyouenterprise; business; company
えいぎょう eigyoubusiness; trade; operations
ぶんか bunkaculture; civilization; civilisation

See also: Chinese symbol for “industrialization”.

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.