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Japanese symbol for “nea”

Romaji: chikyuukinboushouwakusei
near-Earth asteroid; NEA

In Japanese, nea is , read (chikyuukinboushouwakusei).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n near-Earth asteroid; NEA (astron)

Kanji and stroke order

ground, earth
on: チ、ジ
6 strokes · JLPT 3
ball, sphere
on: キュウ
kun: たま
11 strokes · JLPT 2
near, early, akin
on: キン、コン
kun: ちか.い
7 strokes · JLPT 3
bystander, side, besides
on: ボウ
kun: かたわ.ら、わき、おか-、はた
12 strokes · JLPT 1
little, small
on: ショウ
kun: ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-
3 strokes · JLPT 4
beguile, delusion, perplexity
on: ワク
kun: まど.う
12 strokes · JLPT 1
star, spot, dot
on: セイ、ショウ
kun: ほし、-ぼし
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ちいき chiikiarea; region; district
ちきゅう chikyuuEarth; the globe
ちほう chihoudistrict; region; area
じもと jimotohome area; home town
じしん jishinearthquake
とち tochiplot of land; lot; soil
やきゅう yakyuubaseball
きゅうだん kyuudanbaseball team
さいきん saikinrecently; lately; these days
ぼうちょう bouchoulistening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting)
しょうせつ shousetsunovel; story; (work of) fiction
めいわく meiwakutrouble; bother; annoyance
えいせい eisei(natural) satellite; moon

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.