Japanese symbol for “okinawa”
沖縄
おきなわ
Romaji: okinawa
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
In Japanese, okinawa is 沖縄, read おきなわ (okinawa).
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Meanings
- n Okinawa (city, prefecture)
Written forms: 沖縄、沖繩. Readings: おきなわ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “okinawa”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沖 | おき oki | Okinawa |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沖合 | おきあい okiai | off the coast; offshore; out at sea |
| 沖縄電力 | おきなわでんりょく okinawadenryoku | Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc.; OEPC |
| 沖積 | ちゅうせき chuuseki | alluvial |
| 沖縄大学 | おきなわだいがく okinawadaigaku | Okinawa University |
| 沖積期 | ちゅうせきき chuusekiki | alluvial period |
| 縄張り | なわばり nawabari | stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off |
| 縄文 | じょうもん joumon | straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware |
| 縄跳び | なわとび nawatobi | skipping rope; jump rope |
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.