Japanese symbol for “process”
過程
かてい
Romaji: katei
process; course; mechanism
In Japanese, process is 過程, read かてい (katei).
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Meanings
- n process; course; mechanism
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “process”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方法 | ほうほう houhou | method; way; manner |
| 手順 | てじゅん tejun | process; procedure; sequence |
| 工程 | こうてい koutei | process; operation; stage of a process |
| 手続き | てつづき tetsuzuki | procedure; process; proceedings |
| 作用 | さよう sayou | action; operation; process |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 過ぎ | すぎ sugi | past; after |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 通過 | つうか tsuuka | passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit |
| 過剰 | かじょう kajou | excess; surplus; superabundance |
| 程度 | ていど teido | degree; amount; grade |
| 日程 | にってい nittei | schedule; program; programme |
| 課程 | かてい katei | course; curriculum |
See also: Chinese symbol for “process”.
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.