Japanese symbol for “blunder”
失敗
しっぱい
Romaji: shippai
failure; mistake; blunder
In Japanese, blunder is 失敗, read しっぱい (shippai).
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, vi, vs failure; mistake; blunder
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “blunder”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 間違い | まちがい machigai | mistake; error; blunder |
| 過失 | かしつ kashitsu | accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder |
| 失策 | しっさく shissaku | blunder; slip; error |
| 失態 | しったい shittai | blunder; fault; error |
| ミス | ミス misu | mistake; error; blunder |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 損失 | そんしつ sonshitsu | loss (of assets, profit, etc.) |
| 失う | うしなう ushinau | to lose |
| 失業 | しつぎょう shitsugyou | unemployment |
| 失礼 | しつれい shitsurei | discourtesy; impoliteness |
| 喪失 | そうしつ soushitsu | loss; forfeit |
| 敗北 | はいぼく haiboku | defeat; loss; reverse |
| 腐敗 | ふはい fuhai | decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence |
| 敗戦 | はいせん haisen | defeat; lost battle; losing a war |
See also: Chinese symbol for “blunder”.
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.