Japanese symbol for “synchrony”

共時

きょうじ

Romaji: kyouji

synchrony

In Japanese, synchrony is 共時, read きょうじ (kyouji).

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Meanings

n synchrony (ling)

Kanji and stroke order

共

together, both, neither

on: キョウ
kun: とも、とも.に、-ども

6 strokes · JLPT 2

時

time, hour

on: ジ
kun: とき、-どき

10 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
共同	きょうどう kyoudou	cooperation; collaboration; association
共通	きょうつう kyoutsuu	common; shared; mutual
公共	こうきょう koukyou	public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
共に	ともに tomoni	together; jointly
共有	きょうゆう kyouyuu	joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint)
共感	きょうかん kyoukan	sympathy; empathy; response
時間	じかん jikan	time
時代	じだい jidai	period; epoch; era

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.