Japanese symbol for “uncountable”
不可算
ふかさん
Romaji: fukasan
uncountable (of a noun)
In Japanese, uncountable is 不可算, read ふかさん (fukasan).
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Meanings
- adj-f uncountable (of a noun) (gramm)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “uncountable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数限りない | かずかぎりない kazukagirinai | uncountable; innumerable |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不明 | ふめい fumei | unclear; obscure; indistinct |
| 不安 | ふあん fuan | anxiety; uneasiness; worry |
| 不足 | ふそく fusoku | insufficiency; deficiency; shortage |
| 不満 | ふまん fuman | dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure |
| 不可能 | ふかのう fukanou | impossible |
| 不思議 | ふしぎ fushigi | wonderful; marvelous; strange |
| 可能 | かのう kanou | possible; potential; practicable |
| 許可 | きょか kyoka | permission; approval; authorization |
| 計算 | けいさん keisan | calculation; computation; reckoning |
See also: Chinese symbol for “uncountable”.
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.