Japanese symbol for “baseball”
野球
やきゅう
Romaji: yakyuu
baseball
In Japanese, baseball is 野球, read やきゅう (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
- n baseball
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “baseball”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ベースボール | ベースボール beesubooru | baseball |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分野 | ぶんや bun'ya | field; sphere; realm |
| 野菜 | やさい yasai | vegetable |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 平野 | へいや heiya | plain; open field |
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | Earth; the globe |
| 球団 | きゅうだん kyuudan | baseball team |
| 卓球 | たっきゅう takkyuu | table 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.