Japanese symbol for “jokingly”
冗談めかして
じょうだんめかして
Romaji: joudanmekashite
jokingly; in the form of a joke
In Japanese, jokingly is 冗談めかして, read じょうだんめかして (joudanmekashite).
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Meanings
- adv, exp jokingly; in the form of a joke
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冗談 | じょうだん joudan | joke; jest; funny story |
| 冗長 | じょうちょう jouchou | tedious; verbose; wordy |
| 冗句 | じょうく jouku | redundant phrase |
| 冗漫 | じょうまん jouman | verbosity |
| 冗員 | じょういん jouin | supernumerary; superfluous staff; excess personnel |
| 冗官 | じょうかん joukan | supernumerary official |
| 相談 | そうだん soudan | consultation; discussion; discussing |
| 会談 | かいだん kaidan | talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting |
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.