Japanese symbol for “metropolitan”
都立
とりつ
Romaji: toritsu
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
In Japanese, metropolitan is 都立, read とりつ (toritsu).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “metropolitan”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| メトロポリタン | メトロポリタン metoroporitan | metropolitan |
| 都風 | みやこふう miyakofuu | city style; metropolitan |
| 都会的 | とかいてき tokaiteki | urban; metropolitan |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 都市 | とし toshi | town; city; municipal |
| 都合 | つごう tsugou | circumstances; condition; convenience |
| 首都 | しゅと shuto | (national) capital (city); metropolis |
| 都内 | とない tonai | within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area |
| 京都 | きょうと kyouto | Kyoto (city, prefecture) |
| 都会 | とかい tokai | city |
| 立場 | たちば tachiba | position; situation |
| 独立 | どくりつ dokuritsu | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself |
See also: Chinese symbol for “metropolitan”.
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.