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Japanese symbol for “profitability”

Romaji: saisansei
profitability

In Japanese, profitability is , read (saisansei).

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Meanings

  1. n profitability

Kanji and stroke order

pick, take, fetch
on: サイ
kun: と.る
11 strokes · JLPT 2
calculate, divining, number
on: サン
kun: そろ
14 strokes · JLPT 2
sex, gender, nature
on: セイ、ショウ
kun: さが
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “profitability”

WordReadingMeaning
しゅうえきせい shuuekiseiprofitability
しゅうえきりつ shuuekiritsuearning rate; rate of return; price-earnings ratio

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さいよう saiyouuse; adoption; acceptance
さいしゅ saishupicking; collecting; harvesting
さいけつ saiketsuvote; ballot; division
さいさん saisanprofit
さいてん saitenmarking; grading; scoring
さいしゅう saishuucollecting; gathering
けいさん keisancalculation; computation; reckoning
よさん yosanestimate (of costs); budget
じょせい joseiwoman; female

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.