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Japanese symbol for “mit”

Romaji: masachuusettsukoukadaigaku
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT

In Japanese, mit is , read (masachuusettsukoukadaigaku).

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Meanings

  1. n Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT

Kanji and stroke order

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
on: コウ、ク、グ
3 strokes · JLPT 3
department, course, section
on: カ
9 strokes · JLPT 2
large, big
on: ダイ、タイ
kun: おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに
3 strokes · JLPT 4
study, learning, science
on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ
8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
こうじょう koujoufactory; plant; mill
こうじ koujiconstruction work
かこう kakoumanufacturing; processing; treatment
じんこう jinkouartificial; man-made; human work
こうさく kousakuhandicraft
こうぎょう kougyou(manufacturing) industry
かがく kagakuscience
きょうかしょ kyoukashotextbook; coursebook; schoolbook
だいじょうぶ daijoubusafe; secure; sound
がっこう gakkouschool

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.