Japanese symbol for “phase”
時期
じき
Romaji: jiki
time; season; period; phase
In Japanese, phase is 時期, read じき (jiki).
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Meanings
- adv, n time; season; period; phase; stage
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “phase”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 段階 | だんかい dankai | stage; step; phase |
| 様相 | ようそう yousou | aspect; phase; condition |
| 位相 | いそう isou | phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon) |
| フェーズ | フェーズ feezu | phase |
| 段 | だん dan | stage (in a process); phase; occasion |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 当時 | とうじ touji | at that time; in those days |
| 一時 | いちじ ichiji | one o'clock |
| 同時 | どうじ douji | same time |
| 期間 | きかん kikan | period; term; interval |
| 期待 | きたい kitai | expectation; anticipation; hope |
| 定期 | ていき teiki | fixed 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.