Japanese symbol for “boycott”
排斥
はいせき
Romaji: haiseki
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
In Japanese, boycott is 排斥, read はいせき (haiseki).
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 rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “boycott”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ボイコット | ボイコット boikotto | boycott |
| 不買同盟 | ふばいどうめい fubaidoumei | boycott; buyer's strike |
| 非買同盟 | ひばいどうめい hibaidoumei | boycott |
| 不買運動 | ふばいうんどう fubaiundou | boycott |
| 排斥運動 | はいせきうんどう haisekiundou | expulsion movement; boycott |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排除 | はいじょ haijo | exclusion; removal; elimination |
| 排水 | はいすい haisui | drainage; draining; pumping out (water) |
| 排出 | はいしゅつ haishutsu | discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2) |
| 排気 | はいき haiki | exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine) |
| 排他 | はいた haita | exclusion |
| 斥候 | せっこう sekkou | scout; patrol; spy |
| 斥力 | せきりょく sekiryoku | repulsion; repulsive force |
| 斥候隊 | せっこうたい sekkoutai | reconnoitering party; scout (army) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “boycott”.
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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