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Japanese symbol for “sociologist”

Romaji: shakaigakusha
sociologist

In Japanese, sociologist is , read (shakaigakusha).

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Meanings

  1. n sociologist

Kanji and stroke order

company, firm, office
on: シャ
kun: やしろ
7 strokes · JLPT 4
meeting, meet, party
on: カイ、エ
kun: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる
6 strokes · JLPT 4
study, learning, science
on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ
8 strokes · JLPT 4
someone, person
on: シャ
kun: もの
8 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
かいしゃ kaishacompany; corporation; firm
しゃかい shakaisociety; public; community
しゃちょう shachoucompany president; manager; director
しゃいん shaincompany employee
じんじゃ jinjaShinto shrine
ほんしゃ honshahead office; main office; headquarters
たいかい taikaimass meeting; convention; rally
かいぎ kaigimeeting; conference; session
がっこう gakkouschool
かんじゃ kanjapatient

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.