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Japanese symbol for “valuation”

Romaji: hyouka
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment

In Japanese, valuation is , read (hyouka).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment; estimation; rating
  2. n, vs, vt appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement; rating highly; praising

Kanji and stroke order

evaluate, criticism, comment
on: ヒョウ
12 strokes · JLPT 2
value, price
on: カ、ケ
kun: あたい
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “valuation”

WordReadingMeaning
みつもり mitsumoriestimate; estimation; valuation
かがく kagakuvaluation; amount
かんか kankaappraisal; estimation; valuation
ねづもり nezumoriestimation; valuation
さていかかく sateikakakuappraisal value; assessed price; valuation

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ひょうばん hyoubanreputation; (public) estimation; popularity
ひょうろん hyouroncriticism; critique; review
ひひょう hihyoucriticism; critique; review
こうひょう kouhyoufavorable reception; good reputation; popularity
ひょうぎ hyougiconference; discussion
かち kachivalue; worth; merit
かかく kakakuprice; value; cost
ていか teikalist price; regular price; established price

See also: Chinese symbol for “valuation”.

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.