Japanese symbol for “kgb”

ＫＧＢ

カー・ゲー・ベー

Romaji: kaa・gee・bee

KGB (Soviet Union intelligence agency)

In Japanese, kgb is ＫＧＢ, read カー・ゲー・ベー (kaa・gee・bee).

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Meanings

n KGB (Soviet Union intelligence agency)

Written forms: ＫＧＢ. Readings: カー・ゲー・ベー、ケー・ジー・ビー、カーゲーベー、ケージービー.

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.