Japanese symbol for “assassination”
暗殺
あんさつ
Romaji: ansatsu
assassination
In Japanese, assassination is 暗殺, read あんさつ (ansatsu).
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
- n, vs, vt assassination
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “assassination”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗殺事件 | あんさつじけん ansatsujiken | assassination |
| 人斬り | ひときり hitokiri | assassination; assassin |
| 凶変 | きょうへん kyouhen | catastrophe; assassination; calamity |
| アサシネイション | アサシネイション asashineishon | assassination |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真っ暗 | まっくら makkura | pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark |
| 暗号 | あんごう angou | code; password; cipher |
| 暗い | くらい kurai | dark; gloomy; murky |
| 暗黙 | あんもく anmoku | tacit; unspoken; implicit |
| 暗黒 | あんこく ankoku | darkness |
| 殺人 | さつじん satsujin | murder; homicide; manslaughter |
| 自殺 | じさつ jisatsu | suicide |
| 殺す | ころす korosu | to kill; to slay; to murder |
See also: Chinese symbol for “assassination”.
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.