Japanese symbol for “legation”
公使館
こうしかん
Romaji: koushikan
legation
In Japanese, legation is 公使館, read こうしかん (koushikan).
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Meanings
- n legation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “legation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公使館員 | こうしかんいん koushikan'in | legation; attache |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公開 | こうかい koukai | opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting |
| 公式 | こうしき koushiki | official; formal |
| 公演 | こうえん kouen | public performance |
| 公園 | こうえん kouen | (public) park |
| 公共 | こうきょう koukyou | public (facilities, service, etc.); communal |
| 公表 | こうひょう kouhyou | official announcement; proclamation |
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application; employment |
| 使う | つかう tsukau | to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use |
| 図書館 | としょかん toshokan | library |
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.