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Japanese symbol for “turnover”

Romaji: uriage
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings

In Japanese, turnover is , read (uriage).

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Meanings

  1. n amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

sell
on: バイ
kun: う.る、う.れる
7 strokes · JLPT 3
above, up
on: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン
kun: うえ、-うえ、うわ-、かみ
3 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “turnover”

WordReadingMeaning
かいてん kaitenturnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation; flow (of customers)
あきない akinaiturnover; sales; takings
とりひきだか torihikidakavolume of business; turnover
ターンオーバー taan'oobaaturnover (of possession)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はんばい hanbaisale; sales; selling
はつばい hatsubaisale; offering for sale; putting on sale
うる uruto sell
ばいばい baibaitrade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs)
しょうばい shoubaitrade; business; commerce
いじょう ijounot less than ...; ... and over; ... and above
じょうしょう joushourising; ascending; climbing
こうじょう koujouelevation; rise; improvement

See also: Chinese symbol for “turnover”.

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.