Japanese symbol for “unprecedented”
画期的
かっきてき
Romaji: kakkiteki
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
In Japanese, unprecedented is 画期的, read かっきてき (kakkiteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
Written forms: 画期的、劃期的. Readings: かっきてき.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “unprecedented”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空前 | くうぜん kuuzen | unprecedented; record-breaking |
| 異例 | いれい irei | exceptional; unusual; extraordinary |
| 前代未聞 | ぜんだいみもん zendaimimon | unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled) |
| 破格 | はかく hakaku | extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented |
| 未曾有 | みぞう mizou | unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 映画 | えいが eiga | movie; film; motion picture |
| 漫画 | まんが manga | cartoon; comic; comic strip |
| 計画 | けいかく keikaku | plan; project; schedule |
| 画像 | がぞう gazou | image; picture; portrait |
| 企画 | きかく kikaku | planning; plan; project |
| 画面 | がめん gamen | screen (of a TV, computer, etc.) |
| 期間 | きかん kikan | period; term; interval |
| 期待 | きたい kitai | expectation; anticipation; hope |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “unprecedented”.
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.