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Japanese symbol for “baseball”

Romaji: yakyuu
baseball

In Japanese, baseball is , read (yakyuu).

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 baseball

Kanji and stroke order

plains, field, rustic
on: ヤ、ショ
kun: の、の-
11 strokes · JLPT 3
ball, sphere
on: キュウ
kun: たま
11 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “baseball”

WordReadingMeaning
ベースボール beesuboorubaseball

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ぶんや bun'yafield; sphere; realm
やさい yasaivegetable
やとう yatouopposition party; the opposition
しや shiyafield of vision; view
へいや heiyaplain; open field
ちきゅう chikyuuEarth; the globe
きゅうだん kyuudanbaseball team
たっきゅう takkyuutable tennis; ping-pong

See also: Chinese symbol for “baseball”.

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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