See also: 株式會社
U+337F, ㍿
SQUARE CORPORATION

[U+337E]
CJK Compatibility
[U+3380]

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 株式會社 (“kabushiki gaisha”).
(This term is the simplified form of 株式會社).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かぶ
Grade: 6
しき
Grade: 3
かい > がい
Grade: 2
しゃ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
株式會社 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
かぶ
Grade: 6
しき
Grade: 3
かい
Grade: 2
しゃ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
株式會社 (kyūjitai)
 
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Alternative forms edit

  • (abbreviations)

Etymology edit

Compound of 株式 (kabushiki, stock) +‎ 会社 (gaisha, corporation).[1][2][3][4][5] The kaisha changes to gaisha as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to 1891 in the novel かくれんぼ (Kakurenbo, Hide and Seek) by 斎藤緑雨 (Saitō Ryokuu).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かぶ)(しき)(がい)(しゃ) or (かぶ)(しき)(かい)(しゃ) (kabushiki gaisha or kabushiki kaisha

  1. [from 1891] a type of corporation under Japanese law, analogous to an American business corporation or British public limited company

Usage notes edit

See: Wikipedia usage notes

The voiced reading kabushiki gaisha is more commonly used in Japanese, while the unvoiced reading kabushiki kaisha is more commonly used for company names and in English-language legal literature.

It can be used both as a prefix or as a suffix.

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 株式会社”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 株式会社”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ 株式会社”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998) 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN