Japanese symbol for “syndicate”
財団
ざいだん
Romaji: zaidan
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
In Japanese, syndicate is 財団, read ざいだん (zaidan).
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Meanings
- n foundation (institution); syndicate; group
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “syndicate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| シンジケート | シンジケート shinjikeeto | syndicate |
| 企業組合 | きぎょうくみあい kigyoukumiai | syndicate |
| 企業連合 | きぎょうれんごう kigyourengou | cartel; syndicate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 財産 | ざいさん zaisan | property; fortune; assets |
| 財政 | ざいせい zaisei | public finance |
| 財布 | さいふ saifu | wallet; purse; coin purse |
| 文化財 | ぶんかざい bunkazai | cultural assets; cultural property |
| 財界 | ざいかい zaikai | financial world; business circles |
| 財閥 | ざいばつ zaibatsu | zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group |
| 団体 | だんたい dantai | group; party; team |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
See also: Chinese symbol for “syndicate”.
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.