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Japanese symbol for “schedule”

Romaji: nittei
schedule; program; programme; agenda

In Japanese, schedule is , read (nittei).

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Meanings

  1. n schedule; program; programme; agenda

Kanji and stroke order

day, sun, Japan
on: ニチ、ジツ
kun: ひ、-び、-か
4 strokes · JLPT 4
extent, degree, law
on: テイ
kun: ほど、-ほど
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “schedule”

WordReadingMeaning
よてい yoteiplans; arrangement; schedule
けいかく keikakuplan; project; schedule
ダイヤ daiya(railway) schedule; timetable
スケジュール sukejuuruschedule; program; calendar
じかんわり jikanwaritimetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
きょう kyoutoday; this day
にほん nihonJapan
まいにち mainichievery day; daily
あした ashitatomorrow
きのう kinouyesterday
にちじょう nichijoueveryday; daily; ordinary
ていど teidodegree; amount; grade
かてい kateiprocess; course; mechanism

See also: Chinese symbol for “schedule”.

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.