Japanese symbol for “registry”
登記
とうき
Romaji: touki
registry; registration
In Japanese, registry is 登記, read とうき (touki).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt registry; registration
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “registry”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 記帳 | きちょう kichou | registry; entry; book-keeping |
| レジストリ | レジストリ rejisutori | registry (in Windows OS) |
| 書留 | かきとめ kakitome | (putting on) record; writing down; noting down |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 登録 | とうろく touroku | registration; accession; register |
| 登場 | とうじょう toujou | entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.) |
| 登山 | とざん tozan | mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain |
| 登校 | とうこう toukou | attendance (at school); going to school |
| 登用 | とうよう touyou | appointment; assignment; promotion |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
| 記念 | きねん kinen | commemoration; celebration; remembrance |
| 記録 | きろく kiroku | record; document; minutes |
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.