Japanese symbol for “qualifications”
資格
しかく
Romaji: shikaku
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
In Japanese, qualifications is 資格, read しかく (shikaku).
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Meanings
- n qualifications; requirements; capabilities
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 資金 | しきん shikin | funds; capital |
| 投資 | とうし toushi | investment |
| 資料 | しりょう shiryou | material; materials; data |
| 資産 | しさん shisan | property; fortune; means |
| 資本 | しほん shihon | funds; capital |
| 価格 | かかく kakaku | price; value; cost |
| 性格 | せいかく seikaku | character (of a person); personality; disposition |
| 合格 | ごうかく goukaku | passing (an exam); pass; success |
See also: Chinese symbol for “qualifications”.
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.