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Japanese symbol for “rapporteur”

Romaji: houkokukan
rapporteur; reporter

In Japanese, rapporteur is , read (houkokukan).

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Meanings

  1. n rapporteur; reporter

Kanji and stroke order

report, news, reward
on: ホウ
kun: むく.いる
12 strokes · JLPT 2
revelation, tell, inform
on: コク
kun: つ.げる
7 strokes · JLPT 2
bureaucrat, the government, organ
on: カン
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “rapporteur”

WordReadingMeaning
ラポルタール raporutaarurapporteur
ほうこくしゃ houkokushareporter; speaker; informer

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じょうほう jouhouinformation; news; report
ほうこく houkokureport; information
ほうどう houdoureport (of news); reporting; news
ほうしゅう houshuuremuneration; recompense; reward
よほう yohouforecast; prediction
けいほう keihouwarning; alarm; alert
こうこく koukokuadvertisement; advertising
ひこく hikokudefendant; the accused
かんりょう kanryoubureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

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.