Japanese symbol for “upkeep”
営繕
えいぜん
Romaji: eizen
maintenance and repair; upkeep (of equipment)
In Japanese, upkeep is 営繕, read えいぜん (eizen).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt maintenance and repair; upkeep (of equipment)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 運営 | うんえい un'ei | management; administration; operation |
| 営業 | えいぎょう eigyou | business; trade; operations |
| 経営 | けいえい keiei | management; administration; operation |
| 国営 | こくえい kokuei | government management; state management |
| 営利 | えいり eiri | money-making; commercialized; commercialised |
| 公営 | こうえい kouei | public management |
| 修繕 | しゅうぜん shuuzen | repair; mending |
| 繕う | つくろう tsukurou | to mend; to patch up; to repair |
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.