King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Japanese symbol for “linguistic”

Romaji: gogakuteki
linguistic

In Japanese, linguistic is , read (gogakuteki).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adj-na linguistic

Kanji and stroke order

word, speech, language
on: ゴ
kun: かた.る、かた.らう
14 strokes · JLPT 4
study, learning, science
on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ
8 strokes · JLPT 4
bull's eye, mark, target
on: テキ
kun: まと
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “linguistic”

WordReadingMeaning
げんごがくてき gengogakutekilinguistic

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
えいご eigoEnglish (language)
ものがたり monogataristory; tale; narrative
げんご gengolanguage
かたる kataruto talk about; to speak of; to tell
にほんご nihongoJapanese (language)
ようご yougoterm; terminology
がっこう gakkouschool
だいがく daigakuuniversity; college
もくてき mokutekipurpose; goal; aim

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.