Japanese symbol for “postdoc”
博士研究員
はくしけんきゅういん
Romaji: hakushikenkyuuin
postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher
In Japanese, postdoc is 博士研究員, read はくしけんきゅういん (hakushikenkyuuin).
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Meanings
- n postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “postdoc”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ポストドク | ポストドク posutodoku | postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher |
| ポストドクター | ポストドクター posutodokutaa | postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博士 | はかせ hakase | expert; learned person |
| 博物館 | はくぶつかん hakubutsukan | museum |
| 博愛 | はくあい hakuai | charity; benevolence; philanthropy |
| 博多 | はかた hakata | Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka) |
| 賭博 | とばく tobaku | gambling |
| 弁護士 | べんごし bengoshi | lawyer; attorney |
| 同士 | どうし doushi | fellow; mutual; companion |
| 兵士 | へいし heishi | soldier |
| 研究 | けんきゅう kenkyuu | research; study; investigation |
| 究極 | きゅうきょく kyuukyoku | ultimate; final; last |
| 全員 | ぜんいん zen'in | all members; all hands; everyone |
See also: Chinese symbol for “postdoc”.
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.