Japanese symbol for “massing”
集結
しゅうけつ
Romaji: shuuketsu
massing (of troops); gathering
In Japanese, massing is 集結, read しゅうけつ (shuuketsu).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs massing (of troops); gathering
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 編集 | へんしゅう henshuu | editing; compilation |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう boshuu | recruitment; invitation; selection |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう shuuchuu | concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention |
| 特集 | とくしゅう tokushuu | feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
| 結果 | けっか kekka | result; consequence; outcome |
| 結婚 | けっこん kekkon | marriage |
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.