Japanese symbol for “mma”

総合格闘技

そうごうかくとうぎ

Romaji: sougoukakutougi

mixed martial arts; MMA

In Japanese, mma is 総合格闘技, read そうごうかくとうぎ (sougoukakutougi).

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Meanings

n mixed martial arts; MMA

Kanji and stroke order

総

general, whole, all

on: ソウ
kun: す.べて、すべ.て、ふさ

14 strokes · JLPT 2

合

fit, suit, join

on: ゴウ、ガッ、カッ
kun: あ.う、-あ.う、あ.い、あい-

6 strokes · JLPT 3

格

status, rank, capacity

on: カク、コウ、キャク、ゴウ

10 strokes · JLPT 2

闘

fight, war

on: トウ
kun: たたか.う、あらそ.う

18 strokes · JLPT 1

技

skill, art, craft

on: ギ
kun: わざ

7 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
総合	そうごう sougou	synthesis; combination; integration
総理	そうり souri	prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
総裁	そうさい sousai	president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank)
総会	そうかい soukai	general meeting
総数	そうすう sousuu	total (number); count
総務	そうむ soumu	general affairs; general business; manager
場合	ばあい baai	case; occasion; situation
試合	しあい shiai	match; game; bout
価格	かかく kakaku	price; value; cost
戦闘	せんとう sentou	battle; fight; combat
技術	ぎじゅつ gijutsu	technology; engineering

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.