Japanese symbol for “vicar”

代理牧師

だいりぼくし

Romaji: dairibokushi

vicar

In Japanese, vicar is 代理牧師, read だいりぼくし (dairibokushi).

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Meanings

n vicar

Kanji and stroke order

代

substitute, change, convert

on: ダイ、タイ
kun: か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり

5 strokes · JLPT 3

理

logic, arrangement, reason

on: リ
kun: ことわり

11 strokes · JLPT 3

牧

breed, care for, shepherd

on: ボク
kun: まき

8 strokes · JLPT 1

師

expert, teacher, master

on: シ
kun: いくさ

10 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
時代	じだい jidai	period; epoch; era
代表	だいひょう daihyou	representation; representative; delegate
現代	げんだい gendai	present age; present day; contemporary
代わり	かわり kawari	substitute; replacement; substituting
世代	せだい sedai	generation
年代	ねんだい nendai	age; era; period
理由	りゆう riyuu	reason; grounds; pretext
理解	りかい rikai	understanding; comprehension; appreciation
牧場	ぼくじょう bokujou	farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch
教師	きょうし kyoushi	teacher; instructor

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.