Japanese symbol for “timetable”
時間割
じかんわり
Romaji: jikanwari
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
In Japanese, timetable is 時間割, read じかんわり (jikanwari).
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Meanings
- n timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
Written forms: 時間割、時間割り. Readings: じかんわり.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “timetable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ダイヤ | ダイヤ daiya | (railway) schedule; timetable |
| 定刻 | ていこく teikoku | appointed time; timetable; schedule |
| 時刻表 | じこくひょう jikokuhyou | timetable; schedule |
| 時間表 | じかんひょう jikanhyou | timetable; schedule |
| タイムテーブル | タイムテーブル taimuteeburu | timetable |
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 |
| 役割 | やくわり yakuwari | part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role |
See also: Chinese symbol for “timetable”.
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.