Japanese symbol for “subcommittee”
分科会
ぶんかかい
Romaji: bunkakai
subcommittee; subworking group; breakout session
In Japanese, subcommittee is 分科会, read ぶんかかい (bunkakai).
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Meanings
- n subcommittee; subworking group; breakout session
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “subcommittee”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小委員会 | しょういいんかい shouiinkai | subcommittee |
| 小委 | しょうい shoui | subcommittee |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自分 | じぶん jibun | myself; yourself; oneself |
| 部分 | ぶぶん bubun | portion; section; part |
| 気分 | きぶん kibun | feeling; mood |
| 半分 | はんぶん hanbun | half |
| 分野 | ぶんや bun'ya | field; sphere; realm |
| 多分 | たぶん tabun | probably; likely; perhaps |
| 科学 | かがく kagaku | science |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ kyoukasho | textbook; coursebook; schoolbook |
| 会社 | かいしゃ kaisha | company; corporation; firm |
See also: Chinese symbol for “subcommittee”.
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.