Japanese symbol for “tbs”

東京放送

とうきょうほうそう

Romaji: toukyouhousou

Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.; TBS

In Japanese, tbs is 東京放送, read とうきょうほうそう (toukyouhousou).

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Meanings

n Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.; TBS

Kanji and stroke order

東

east

on: トウ
kun: ひがし

8 strokes · JLPT 4

京

capital, 10**16

on: キョウ、ケイ、キン
kun: みやこ

8 strokes · JLPT 3

放

set free, release, fire

on: ホウ
kun: はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる

8 strokes · JLPT 2

送

escort, send

on: ソウ
kun: おく.る

9 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “tbs”

Word	Reading	Meaning
ＴＢＳ	ティー・ビー・エス tii・bii・esu	turn-based strategy; TBS

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
東京	とうきょう toukyou	Tokyo
東西	とうざい touzai	east and west
東洋	とうよう touyou	the East; the Orient; (East) Asia
東部	とうぶ toubu	eastern part; the east (of a region)
北東	ほくとう hokutou	northeast
東北	とうほく touhoku	north-east
京都	きょうと kyouto	Kyoto (city, prefecture)
北京	ペキン pekin	Beijing (China); Peking
放送	ほうそう housou	broadcasting; broadcast; program
送る	おくる okuru	to send; to dispatch; to forward

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.