Japanese symbol for “plaintiffs”

原告団

げんこくだん

Romaji: genkokudan

plaintiff group; plaintiffs

In Japanese, plaintiffs is 原告団, read げんこくだん (genkokudan).

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Meanings

n plaintiff group; plaintiffs

Kanji and stroke order

原

meadow, original, primitive

on: ゲン
kun: はら

10 strokes · JLPT 2

告

revelation, tell, inform

on: コク
kun: つ.げる

7 strokes · JLPT 2

団

group, association

on: ダン、トン
kun: かたまり、まる.い

6 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
原因	げんいん gen'in	cause; origin; source
原作	げんさく gensaku	original work
原則	げんそく gensoku	principle; general rule
原子力	げんしりょく genshiryoku	atomic energy; nuclear power
原理	げんり genri	principle; theory; fundamental truth
原稿	げんこう genkou	manuscript; copy; draft
報告	ほうこく houkoku	report; information
広告	こうこく koukoku	advertisement; advertising
団体	だんたい dantai	group; party; team

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.