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Japanese symbol for “phase”

Romaji: jiki
time; season; period; phase

In Japanese, phase is , read (jiki).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adv, n time; season; period; phase; stage

Kanji and stroke order

time, hour
on: ジ
kun: とき、-どき
10 strokes · JLPT 4
period, time, date
on: キ、ゴ
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “phase”

WordReadingMeaning
だんかい dankaistage; step; phase
ようそう yousouaspect; phase; condition
いそう isouphase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon)
フェーズ feezuphase
だん danstage (in a process); phase; occasion

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じかん jikantime
じだい jidaiperiod; epoch; era
とうじ toujiat that time; in those days
いちじ ichijione o'clock
どうじ doujisame time
きかん kikanperiod; term; interval
きたい kitaiexpectation; anticipation; hope
ていき teikifixed period; fixed term

See also: Chinese symbol for “phase”.

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.

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