Japanese symbol for “nsa”

国家安全保障局

こっかあんぜんほしょうきょく

Romaji: kokkaanzenhoshoukyoku

National Security Agency (of the United States); NSA

In Japanese, nsa is 国家安全保障局, read こっかあんぜんほしょうきょく (kokkaanzenhoshoukyoku).

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Meanings

n National Security Agency (of the United States); NSA

Kanji and stroke order

国

country

on: コク
kun: くに

8 strokes · JLPT 4

家

house, home, family

on: カ、ケ
kun: いえ、や、うち

10 strokes · JLPT 3

安

relax, cheap, low

on: アン
kun: やす.い、やす.まる、やす、やす.らか

6 strokes · JLPT 4

全

whole, entire, all

on: ゼン
kun: まった.く、すべ.て

6 strokes · JLPT 2

保

protect, guarantee, keep

on: ホ、ホウ
kun: たも.つ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

障

hinder, hurt, harm

on: ショウ
kun: さわ.る

14 strokes · JLPT 1

局

bureau, board, office

on: キョク
kun: つぼね

7 strokes · JLPT 2

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
家族	かぞく kazoku	family
家庭	かてい katei	home; household; family
安全	あんぜん anzen	safety; security
全部	ぜんぶ zenbu	all; entire; whole
保護	ほご hogo	protection; safeguard; guardianship
障害	しょうがい shougai	obstacle; impediment; hindrance
結局	けっきょく kekkyoku	after all; in the end; ultimately

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.