Japanese symbol for “babble”
ほざく
ほざく
Romaji: hozaku
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle
In Japanese, babble is ほざく (hozaku).
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
- v5k, vt to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
Written forms: —. Readings: ほざく、ホザく.
Other Japanese words for “babble”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 珍糞漢 | ちんぷんかん chinpunkan | babble; gibberish; gobbledygook |
| 珍紛漢紛 | ちんぷんかんぷん chinpunkanpun | unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense |
| せせらぐ | せせらぐ seseragu | to babble (of a stream) |
| 喃語 | なんご nango | babbling (of a baby); babble |
| 喋々 | ちょうちょう chouchou | to chatter away; to talk at great length; to babble |
See also: Chinese symbol for “babble”.
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.