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Japanese symbol for “alf”

Romaji: doubutsukaihousensen
Animal Liberation Front; ALF

In Japanese, alf is , read (doubutsukaihousensen).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n Animal Liberation Front; ALF

Kanji and stroke order

move, motion, change
on: ドウ
kun: うご.く、うご.かす
11 strokes · JLPT 3
thing, object, matter
on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-
8 strokes · JLPT 3
unravel, notes, key
on: カイ、ゲ
kun: と.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く
13 strokes · JLPT 2
set free, release, fire
on: ホウ
kun: はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる
8 strokes · JLPT 2
war, battle, match
on: セン
kun: いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ
13 strokes · JLPT 2
line, track
on: セン
kun: すじ
15 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
かつどう katsudouactivity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation
こうどう koudouaction; conduct; behaviour
うんどう undouexercise; physical training; workout
どうぶつ doubutsuanimal
いどう idoumovement; transfer; migration
じどう jidouautomatic
じんぶつ jinbutsuperson; character; figure
ものがたり monogataristory; tale; narrative
りかい rikaiunderstanding; comprehension; appreciation
ほうそう housoubroadcasting; broadcast; program
せんそう sensouwar
しんかんせん shinkansenShinkansen; bullet train

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.

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