Japanese symbol for “operations”
営業
えいぎょう
Romaji: eigyou
business; trade; operations
In Japanese, operations is 営業, read えいぎょう (eigyou).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt business; trade; operations
- n sales
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “operations”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 業務 | ぎょうむ gyoumu | business; work; operations |
| オペレーションズ | オペレーションズ opereeshonzu | operations |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 運営 | うんえい un'ei | management; administration; operation |
| 経営 | けいえい keiei | management; administration; operation |
| 国営 | こくえい kokuei | government management; state management |
| 営利 | えいり eiri | money-making; commercialized; commercialised |
| 公営 | こうえい kouei | public management |
| 企業 | きぎょう kigyou | enterprise; business; company |
| 事業 | じぎょう jigyou | business; enterprise; venture |
| 作業 | さぎょう sagyou | work; operation; task |
See also: Chinese symbol for “operations”.
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.