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Japanese symbol for “reformist”

Romaji: kaikakuha
reformist

In Japanese, reformist is , read (kaikakuha).

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Meanings

  1. n reformist

Kanji and stroke order

reformation, change, modify
on: カイ
kun: あらた.める、あらた.まる
7 strokes · JLPT 2
leather, skin, reform
on: カク
kun: かわ
9 strokes · JLPT 2
faction, group, party
on: ハ
9 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “reformist”

WordReadingMeaning
かいかくか kaikakukareformer; reformist
リフォーミスト rifoomisutoreformist
かくしんてき kakushintekiliberal; reformist; progressive

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
かいぜん kaizenbetterment; improvement
かいせい kaiseirevision; amendment; alteration
かいかく kaikakureform; reformation; reorganization
かいぞう kaizouremodeling; remodelling; reconstruction
かいりょう kairyouimprovement; reform
あらためて aratameteanother time; again; over again
かくめい kakumeirevolution
かくしん kakushinreform; innovation
はけん hakendispatch; despatch; deployment

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.