Japanese symbol for “seaport”
海港
かいこう
Romaji: kaikou
port; seaport
In Japanese, seaport is 海港, read かいこう (kaikou).
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Meanings
- n port; seaport
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “seaport”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 港都 | こうと kouto | port town; seaport |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 海岸 | かいがん kaigan | seashore; coast; seaside |
| 海軍 | かいぐん kaigun | navy; naval force |
| 北海道 | ほっかいどう hokkaidou | Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit) |
| 海上 | かいじょう kaijou | (on the) sea; surface of the sea |
| 海洋 | かいよう kaiyou | ocean; sea |
| 空港 | くうこう kuukou | airport |
| 香港 | ホンコン honkon | Hong Kong |
See also: Chinese symbol for “seaport”.
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.