Japanese symbol for “kobe”
神戸
こうべ
Romaji: koube
Kobe (city)
In Japanese, kobe is 神戸, read こうべ (koube).
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Meanings
- n Kobe (city)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精神 | せいしん seishin | mind; spirit; soul |
| 神経 | しんけい shinkei | nerve |
| 神社 | じんじゃ jinja | Shinto shrine |
| 神様 | かみさま kamisama | God; god; deity |
| 神話 | しんわ shinwa | myth; mythology |
| 阪神 | はんしん hanshin | Osaka-Kobe |
| 江戸 | えど edo | Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo |
| 井戸 | いど ido | water well |
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.