Japanese symbol for “practicality”
実際性
じっさいせい
Romaji: jissaisei
practicality
In Japanese, practicality is 実際性, read じっさいせい (jissaisei).
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Meanings
- n practicality
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “practicality”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 実用性 | じつようせい jitsuyousei | practicality; utility; usefulness |
| 実用本位 | じつようほんい jitsuyouhon'i | pragmatism; functionalism; practicality |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 実際 | じっさい jissai | reality; actuality; truth |
| 実は | じつは jitsuha | as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth |
| 事実 | じじつ jijitsu | fact; truth; reality |
| 現実 | げんじつ genjitsu | reality; actuality; hard fact |
| 実施 | じっし jisshi | enforcement; implementation; putting into practice |
| 確実 | かくじつ kakujitsu | certain; sure; definite |
| 国際 | こくさい kokusai | international |
| 交際 | こうさい kousai | company; friendship; association |
| 女性 | じょせい josei | woman; female |
See also: Chinese symbol for “practicality”.
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.