Japanese symbol for “personals”

個人広告

こじんこうこく

Romaji: kojinkoukoku

personals; personal advertisements

In Japanese, personals is 個人広告, read こじんこうこく (kojinkoukoku).

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Meanings

n personals; personal advertisements

Kanji and stroke order

個

individual, counter for articles

on: コ、カ

10 strokes · JLPT 2

人

person

on: ジン、ニン
kun: ひと、-り、-と

2 strokes · JLPT 4

広

wide, broad, spacious

on: コウ
kun: ひろ.い、ひろ.まる、ひろ.める、ひろ.がる

5 strokes · JLPT 3

告

revelation, tell, inform

on: コク
kun: つ.げる

7 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
個人	こじん kojin	individual; private person; personal
個性	こせい kosei	individuality; personality; quirk
個々	ここ koko	individual; one by one; separate
個別	こべつ kobetsu	individual; separate; personal
個室	こしつ koshitsu	single (room); room for one; one's own room
個体	こたい kotai	individual; specimen
人間	にんげん ningen	human being; human; person
人気	にんき ninki	popularity; public favor
広告	こうこく koukoku	advertisement; advertising
報告	ほうこく houkoku	report; information

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.