Japanese symbol for “miu”
機動捜査隊
きどうそうさたい
Romaji: kidousousatai
mobile investigation unit (police); MIU
In Japanese, miu is 機動捜査隊, read きどうそうさたい (kidousousatai).
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Meanings
- n mobile investigation unit (police); MIU
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “miu”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 機捜 | きそう kisou | mobile investigation unit; MIU |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
| 機関 | きかん kikan | engine |
| 機会 | きかい kikai | chance; opportunity; occasion |
| 機械 | きかい kikai | machine; mechanism |
| 危機 | きき kiki | crisis; critical situation; emergency |
| 機構 | きこう kikou | mechanism; machinery |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 捜査 | そうさ sousa | search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry |
| 調査 | ちょうさ chousa | investigation; examination; inquiry |
| 自衛隊 | じえいたい jieitai | Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF |
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.