Japanese symbol for “newspapers”
新聞紙上
しんぶんしじょう
Romaji: shinbunshijou
the press; (in the) newspapers
In Japanese, newspapers is 新聞紙上, read しんぶんしじょう (shinbunshijou).
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Meanings
- n the press; (in the) newspapers
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新しい | あたらしい atarashii | new; novel; fresh |
| 新聞 | しんぶん shinbun | newspaper |
| 新た | あらた arata | new; fresh; novel |
| 新規 | しんき shinki | new; fresh |
| 新人 | しんじん shinjin | newcomer; new figure; new member |
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん shinkansen | Shinkansen; bullet train |
| 聞こえる | きこえる kikoeru | to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears |
| 聞く | きく kiku | to hear |
| 手紙 | てがみ tegami | letter; note |
| 以上 | いじょう ijou | not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above |
See also: Chinese symbol for “newspapers”.
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.