Japanese symbol for “asteroid”
小惑星
しょうわくせい
Romaji: shouwakusei
asteroid
In Japanese, asteroid is 小惑星, read しょうわくせい (shouwakusei).
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 asteroid (astron)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “asteroid”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| アステロイド | アステロイド asuteroido | asteroid |
| 海星 | ひとで hitode | starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小説 | しょうせつ shousetsu | novel; story; (work of) fiction |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school; grade school |
| 小学生 | しょうがくせい shougakusei | elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student |
| 小型 | こがた kogata | small-sized; small-scale; miniature |
| 小さい | ちいさい chiisai | small; little; tiny |
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう shukushou | reduction; curtailment; cut |
| 迷惑 | めいわく meiwaku | trouble; bother; annoyance |
| 思惑 | おもわく omowaku | expectation; anticipation; prediction |
| 衛星 | えいせい eisei | (natural) satellite; moon |
See also: Chinese symbol for “asteroid”.
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.