会社

See also: 會社

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 会社 – see 會社 (“guild; association; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 會社).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
会	社
かい Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
會社 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Noun

1. (business) a company

Derived terms

• 株式会社
• 有限会社
• 持分会社
• 合名会社

• 合資会社
• 合同会社
• 外国会社
• 会社員

Anagrams

• 社(しゃ)会(かい) (shakai, “society”)

Descendants

• Chinese: 會社／会社 (huìshè)
• Korean: 회사 (hoesa)

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN