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Japanese symbol for “announcement”

Romaji: happyou
announcement; publication; presenting; statement

In Japanese, announcement is , read (happyou).

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, vs, vt announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

Kanji and stroke order

departure, discharge, publish
on: ハツ、ホツ
kun: た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす
9 strokes · JLPT 3
surface, table, chart
on: ヒョウ
kun: おもて、-おもて、あらわ.す、あらわ.れる
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “announcement”

WordReadingMeaning
ほうそう housoubroadcasting; broadcast; program
ひろう hirouannouncement; presentation; demonstration
せんげん sengendeclaration; proclamation; announcement
つうこく tsuukokuannouncement; notice
こうこく koukokuannouncement; notice

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はつばい hatsubaisale; offering for sale; putting on sale
かいはつ kaihatsudevelopment; cultivation; application
はっせい hasseioccurrence; incidence; outbreak
はっけん hakkendiscovery; detection; finding
はつげん hatsugenstatement; remark; observation
だいひょう daihyourepresentation; representative; delegate
ひょうげん hyougenexpression; representation; description
ひょうじょう hyoujoufacial expression; countenance

See also: Chinese symbol for “announcement”.

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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