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Japanese symbol for “nikkei”

Romaji: nikkei
Nikkei (newspaper, share index)

In Japanese, nikkei is , read (nikkei).

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Meanings

  1. n Nikkei (newspaper, share index)

Kanji and stroke order

day, sun, Japan
on: ニチ、ジツ
kun: ひ、-び、-か
4 strokes · JLPT 4
sutra, longitude, pass thru
on: ケイ、キョウ、キン
kun: へ.る、た.つ、たていと、はか.る
11 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
きょう kyoutoday; this day
にほん nihonJapan
まいにち mainichievery day; daily
あした ashitatomorrow
きのう kinouyesterday
にちじょう nichijoueveryday; daily; ordinary
けいざい keizaieconomy; economics
けいけん keikenexperience

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.