Japanese symbol for “minor”
未成年
みせいねん
Romaji: miseinen
minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
In Japanese, minor is 未成年, read みせいねん (miseinen).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
Written forms: 未成年、未青年. Readings: みせいねん.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “minor”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 細かい | こまかい komakai | minor; trivial |
| マイナー | マイナー mainaa | minor; small; unimportant |
| 軽やか | かろやか karoyaka | light; easy; non-serious |
| 小さい | ちいさい chiisai | slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor |
| 小 | こ ko | minor; petty |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未来 | みらい mirai | (distant) future |
| 未遂 | みすい misui | failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.) |
| 未定 | みてい mitei | not yet fixed; undecided; pending |
| 未知 | みち michi | not yet known; unknown; strange |
| 未満 | みまん miman | less than; under; below |
| 成功 | せいこう seikou | success; achievement |
| 成長 | せいちょう seichou | growth; development; growing up |
| 完成 | かんせい kansei | completion; perfection; accomplishment |
| 今年 | ことし kotoshi | this year |
See also: Chinese symbol for “minor”.
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.