Japanese symbol for “breaking”
発表
はっぴょう
Romaji: happyou
announcement; publication; presenting; statement
In Japanese, breaking is 発表, read はっぴょう (happyou).
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 announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “breaking”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 更新 | こうしん koushin | renewal; update; replacement |
| 調教 | ちょうきょう choukyou | training (animals); breaking (animals) |
| 砕け | くだけ kudake | breaking (into pieces); shattering |
| 破棄 | はき haki | annulment; cancellation; abrogation |
| ブレイキン | ブレイキン bureikin | breaking; breakdancing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 開発 | かいはつ kaihatsu | development; cultivation; application |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 発見 | はっけん hakken | discovery; detection; finding |
| 発言 | はつげん hatsugen | statement; remark; observation |
| 代表 | だいひょう daihyou | representation; representative; delegate |
| 表現 | ひょうげん hyougen | expression; representation; description |
| 表情 | ひょうじょう hyoujou | facial expression; countenance |
See also: Chinese symbol for “breaking”.
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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