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Japanese symbol for “attitude”

Romaji: taido
attitude; manner; behaviour; demeanour

In Japanese, attitude is , read (taido).

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 attitude; manner; behaviour; demeanour; bearing
  2. n attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance; stand

Kanji and stroke order

attitude, condition, figure
on: タイ
kun: わざ.と
14 strokes · JLPT 1
degrees, occurrence, time
on: ド、ト、タク
kun: たび、-た.い
9 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “attitude”

WordReadingMeaning
たいせい taiseiattitude; posture; preparedness
こころがけ kokorogake(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention
どうこう doukoutrend; tendency; movement
せいしん seishinattitude; mentality; will
かんがえかた kangaekataway of thinking; point of view; opinion

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じょうたい joutaistate; condition; situation
じたい jitaisituation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
じったい jittaitrue state; actual condition; reality
たいせい taiseiattitude; posture; preparedness
せいたい seitaiecology; life and habits (of an animal)
ていど teidodegree; amount; grade
こんど kondothis time; now
せいど seidosystem; institution; organization

See also: Chinese symbol for “attitude”.

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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