Japanese symbol for “ur”

都市再生機構

としさいせいきこう

Romaji: toshisaiseikikou

Urban Rennaissance Agency; UR

In Japanese, ur is 都市再生機構, read としさいせいきこう (toshisaiseikikou).

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Meanings

n Urban Rennaissance Agency; UR

Kanji and stroke order

都

metropolis, capital, all

on: ト、ツ
kun: みやこ

11 strokes · JLPT 3

市

market, city, town

on: シ
kun: いち

5 strokes · JLPT 3

再

again, twice, second time

on: サイ、サ
kun: ふたた.び

6 strokes · JLPT 2

生

life, genuine, birth

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる

5 strokes · JLPT 4

機

loom, mechanism, machine

on: キ
kun: はた

16 strokes · JLPT 2

構

posture, stance, appearance

on: コウ
kun: かま.える、かま.う

14 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
都市	とし toshi	town; city; municipal
都合	つごう tsugou	circumstances; condition; convenience
首都	しゅと shuto	(national) capital (city); metropolis
都内	とない tonai	within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
京都	きょうと kyouto	Kyoto (city, prefecture)
都会	とかい tokai	city
市場	いちば ichiba	(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
市民	しみん shimin	citizen (of a country); citizenry
再生	さいせい saisei	restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation
生活	せいかつ seikatsu	life; living
機能	きのう kinou	function; facility; faculty
結構	けっこう kekkou	splendid; nice; wonderful

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.