Japanese symbol for “signatories”

協約国

きょうやくこく

Romaji: kyouyakukoku

high contracting powers; signatories

In Japanese, signatories is 協約国, read きょうやくこく (kyouyakukoku).

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Meanings

n high contracting powers; signatories

Kanji and stroke order

協

co-, cooperation

on: キョウ

8 strokes · JLPT 2

約

promise, approximately, shrink

on: ヤク
kun: つづ.まる、つづ.める、つづま.やか

9 strokes · JLPT 2

国

country

on: コク
kun: くに

8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
協力	きょうりょく kyouryoku	cooperation; collaboration; help
協議	きょうぎ kyougi	conference; consultation; discussion
妥協	だきょう dakyou	compromise; giving in
協会	きょうかい kyoukai	association; society; organization
協定	きょうてい kyoutei	arrangement; pact; agreement
農協	のうきょう noukyou	agricultural cooperative
契約	けいやく keiyaku	contract; compact; agreement
予約	よやく yoyaku	reservation; appointment; booking
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country

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.