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Japanese symbol for “annulment”

Romaji: haishi
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal

In Japanese, annulment is , read (haishi).

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 abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment

Kanji and stroke order

abolish, obsolete, cessation
on: ハイ
kun: すた.れる、すた.る
12 strokes · JLPT 1
stop, halt
on: シ
kun: と.まる、-ど.まり、と.める、-と.める
4 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “annulment”

WordReadingMeaning
てっぱい teppaiannulment; abolition; repeal
はいき haikiannulment; cancellation; abrogation
はき hakiannulment; cancellation; abrogation

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はいき haikidisposal; abandonment; scrapping
はいぜつ haizetsuabolition; elimination
てっぱい teppaiannulment; abolition; repeal
たいはい taihai(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence
こうはい kouhairuin; destruction; devastation
きんし kinshiprohibition; inhibition; ban
ていし teishistoppage; coming to a stop; halt
ちゅうし chuushiinterruption; discontinuance; suspension

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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