Japanese symbol for “nci”

国立がん研究所

こくりつがんけんきゅうじょ

Romaji: kokuritsugankenkyuujo

National Cancer Institute (US); NCI

In Japanese, nci is 国立がん研究所, read こくりつがんけんきゅうじょ (kokuritsugankenkyuujo).

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Meanings

n National Cancer Institute (US); NCI

Kanji and stroke order

国

country

on: コク
kun: くに

8 strokes · JLPT 4

立

stand up, rise, set up

on: リツ、リュウ、リットル
kun: た.つ、-た.つ、た.ち-、た.てる

5 strokes · JLPT 4

研

polish, study of, sharpen

on: ケン
kun: と.ぐ

9 strokes · JLPT 3

究

research, study

on: キュウ、ク
kun: きわ.める

7 strokes · JLPT 3

所

place, extent

on: ショ
kun: ところ、-ところ、どころ、とこ

8 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
国内	こくない kokunai	within the country; inside the county; domestic
国民	こくみん kokumin	people (of a country); nation; citizen
国家	こっか kokka	state; country; nation
国際	こくさい kokusai	international
外国	がいこく gaikoku	foreign country
立場	たちば tachiba	position; situation
独立	どくりつ dokuritsu	independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself
研究	けんきゅう kenkyuu	research; study; investigation
究極	きゅうきょく kyuukyoku	ultimate; final; last
場所	ばしょ basho	place; location; spot

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.