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Japanese symbol for “ministers”

Romaji: shokou
high-ranking officials; ministers

In Japanese, ministers is , read (shokou).

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. n high-ranking officials; ministers
  2. n, pn ladies and gentlemen; everyone

Kanji and stroke order

various, many, several
on: ショ
kun: もろ
15 strokes · JLPT 2
public, prince, official
on: コウ、ク
kun: おおやけ
4 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しょくん shokunyou (people)
しょこく shokokuvarious countries; various regions; various provinces
しょとう shotouarchipelago; group of islands
もろもろ moromoroall kinds of things; various things; large number of people
しょはん shohanvarious; several
しょあく shoakuvarious evils; every kind of evil; all evils
こうかい koukaiopening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting
こうしき koushikiofficial; formal

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.

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