Japanese symbol for “nara”
奈良
なら
Romaji: nara
Nara (city, prefecture)
In Japanese, nara is 奈良, read なら (nara).
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Meanings
- n Nara (city, prefecture)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “nara”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南京 | なんきょう nankyou | Nara |
| 南都 | なんと nanto | Nara |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 神奈川 | かながわ kanagawa | Kanagawa (prefecture) |
| 奈落 | ならく naraku | Naraka; Hell; Hades |
| 奈良漬 | ならづけ narazuke | vegetables pickled in sake lees |
| 奈良大学 | ならだいがく naradaigaku | Nara University |
| 京阪奈 | けいはんな keihanna | Kyoto-Osaka-Nara (esp. the border area of the three) |
| 良い | よい yoi | good; excellent; fine |
| 不良 | ふりょう furyou | bad; poor; inferior |
| 仲良く | なかよく nakayoku | on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well |
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.