Japanese symbol for “temporal”
時間的
じかんてき
Romaji: jikanteki
timewise; temporal; chronal
In Japanese, temporal is 時間的, read じかんてき (jikanteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na timewise; temporal; chronal
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 時期 | じき jiki | time; season; period |
| 当時 | とうじ touji | at that time; in those days |
| 一時 | いちじ ichiji | one o'clock |
| 同時 | どうじ douji | same time |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 期間 | きかん kikan | period; term; interval |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “temporal”.
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.