Japanese symbol for “linguistics”
語学
ごがく
Romaji: gogaku
study of foreign languages
In Japanese, linguistics is 語学, read ごがく (gogaku).
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Meanings
- n study of foreign languages
- n linguistics
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “linguistics”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 言語学 | げんごがく gengogaku | linguistics |
| 博言学 | はくげんがく hakugengaku | linguistics; philology |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英語 | えいご eigo | English (language) |
| 物語 | ものがたり monogatari | story; tale; narrative |
| 言語 | げんご gengo | language |
| 語る | かたる kataru | to talk about; to speak of; to tell |
| 日本語 | にほんご nihongo | Japanese (language) |
| 用語 | ようご yougo | term; terminology |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
See also: Chinese symbol for “linguistics”.
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.