Japanese symbol for “beating”
打撲
だぼく
Romaji: daboku
blow; hit (on the body); beating
In Japanese, beating is 打撲, read だぼく (daboku).
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, vs, vt blow; hit (on the body); beating
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “beating”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| リンチ | リンチ rinchi | beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice |
| どんどん | どんどん dondon | drumming (noise); beating; pounding |
| ときめき | ときめき tokimeki | beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing |
| 攪拌 | かくはん kakuhan | agitation; stirring; whipping |
| 刻み | きざみ kizami | rapping (a percussion instrument); beating |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打つ | うつ utsu | to hit; to strike; to knock |
| 打撃 | だげき dageki | blow; shock; strike |
| 打ち上げ | うちあげ uchiage | launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; shooting off (fireworks) |
| 安打 | あんだ anda | safe hit |
| 打破 | だは daha | breaking down; defeating; abolishing |
| 打線 | だせん dasen | batting line-up; batting order |
| 相撲 | すもう sumou | sumo (wrestling) |
| 撲滅 | ぼくめつ bokumetsu | eradication; extermination; destruction |
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.