Japanese symbol for “paymaster”
主計
しゅけい
Romaji: shukei
paymaster; accountant
In Japanese, paymaster is 主計, read しゅけい (shukei).
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Meanings
- n paymaster; accountant
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “paymaster”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会計 | かいけい kaikei | accountant; treasurer; paymaster |
| 勘定奉行 | かんじょうぶぎょう kanjoubugyou | chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主義 | しゅぎ shugi | doctrine; rule; principle |
| 主張 | しゅちょう shuchou | claim; insistence; assertion |
| 民主 | みんしゅ minshu | democracy; popular sovereignty |
| 主催 | しゅさい shusai | sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing |
| 主要 | しゅよう shuyou | chief; main; principal |
| 主人 | しゅじん shujin | head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress |
| 計画 | けいかく keikaku | plan; project; schedule |
| 設計 | せっけい sekkei | plan; design; layout |
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.