Japanese symbol for “participatory”
参加型
さんかがた
Romaji: sankagata
participatory; participating; hands-on
In Japanese, participatory is 参加型, read さんかがた (sankagata).
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Meanings
- adj-no participatory; participating; hands-on
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参加 | さんか sanka | participation; joining; entry |
| 参考 | さんこう sankou | reference; consultation |
| 参照 | さんしょう sanshou | reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison |
| 参議院 | さんぎいん sangiin | House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) |
| 参戦 | さんせん sansen | participation in a war; going to war |
| 持参 | じさん jisan | bringing; taking; carrying |
| 追加 | ついか tsuika | addition; supplement; appending |
| 増加 | ぞうか zouka | increase; rise; growth |
| 大型 | おおがた oogata | large; large-sized; large-scale |
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