Japanese symbol for “scholarly”
学的
がくてき
Romaji: gakuteki
scholarly; scholastic; academic
In Japanese, scholarly is 学的, read がくてき (gakuteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na scholarly; scholastic; academic
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “scholarly”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学問的 | がくもんてき gakumonteki | scholarly |
| 造詣深い | ぞうけいふかい zoukeifukai | scholarly; learned; well-versed (in) |
| 学術的 | がくじゅつてき gakujutsuteki | academic; scholarly; scientific |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 科学 | かがく kagaku | science |
| 学園 | がくえん gakuen | educational institution; school; academy |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school; grade school |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
| 法的 | ほうてき houteki | legal |
See also: Chinese symbol for “scholarly”.
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.