Japanese symbol for “ju”

江蘇大学

チャンスーだいがく

Romaji: chansuudaigaku

Jiangsu University; JU

In Japanese, ju is 江蘇大学, read チャンスーだいがく (chansuudaigaku).

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Meanings

n Jiangsu University; JU

Kanji and stroke order

江

creek, inlet, bay

on: コウ
kun: え

6 strokes · JLPT 1

蘇

be resuscitated, revived, perilla

on: ソ、ス
kun: よみがえ.る

19 strokes

大

large, big

on: ダイ、タイ
kun: おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに

3 strokes · JLPT 4

学

study, learning, science

on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
江戸	えど edo	Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
堀江	ほりえ horie	canal
江上	こうじょう koujou	(on the) bank of a large river
江戸前	えどまえ edomae	Tokyo style
長江	ちょうこう choukou	Yangtze River (China); Changjiang River
近江	おうみ oumi	Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
蘇る	よみがえる yomigaeru	to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated
蘇生	そせい sosei	revival; resuscitation
大丈夫	だいじょうぶ daijoubu	safe; secure; sound
学校	がっこう gakkou	school

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.