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Japanese symbol for “installment”

Romaji: kakekin
installment; instalment; premium; bill

In Japanese, installment is , read (kakekin).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n installment; instalment; premium; bill

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

hang, suspend, depend
on: カイ、ケイ
kun: か.ける、-か.ける、か.け、-か.け
11 strokes · JLPT 1
gold
on: キン、コン、ゴン
kun: かね、かな-、-がね
8 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “installment”

WordReadingMeaning
いっかいぶん ikkaibundose; installment; instalment
インストールメント insutoorumentoinstallment; instalment

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
かけ kakecredit
しかけ shikakedevice; contrivance; mechanism
かける kakeruto hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from)
かけじく kakejikuhanging scroll
かかる kakaruto take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
かけごえ kakegoeshout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
おかね okanemoney
しきん shikinfunds; capital

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.

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