Japanese symbol for “mongols”
蒙古
もうこ
Romaji: mouko
Mongolia (region); Greater Mongolia; Mongolian Plateau
In Japanese, mongols is 蒙古, read もうこ (mouko).
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Meanings
- n Mongolia (region); Greater Mongolia; Mongolian Plateau
- n Mongols (nomadic tribe)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啓蒙 | けいもう keimou | enlightenment; illumination |
| 満蒙 | まんもう manmou | Manchuria and Inner Mongolia |
| 蒙昧 | もうまい moumai | ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized |
| 蒙古斑 | もうこはん moukohan | Mongolian spot; Mongolian blue spot; congenital dermal melanocytosis |
| 内蒙 | ないもう naimou | Inner Mongolia |
| 古い | ふるい furui | old; aged; ancient |
| 古代 | こだい kodai | ancient times; distant past; antiquity |
| 中古 | ちゅうこ chuuko | used; second-hand; old |
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.