Japanese symbol for “breaststroke”
平泳ぎ
ひらおよぎ
Romaji: hiraoyogi
breaststroke (swimming)
In Japanese, breaststroke is 平泳ぎ, read ひらおよぎ (hiraoyogi).
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 breaststroke (swimming)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “breaststroke”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ブレスト | ブレスト buresuto | breaststroke |
| 胸泳 | きょうえい kyouei | breaststroke |
| 蛙泳ぎ | かえるおよぎ kaeruoyogi | breaststroke (swimming); frog-kick |
| ブレストストローク | ブレストストローク buresutosutorooku | breaststroke |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平和 | へいわ heiwa | peace; harmony |
| 平均 | へいきん heikin | average; mean |
| 平成 | へいせい heisei | Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30) |
| 平日 | へいじつ heijitsu | weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday) |
| 平野 | へいや heiya | plain; open field |
| 公平 | こうへい kouhei | fair; impartial; just |
| 水泳 | すいえい suiei | swimming |
| 泳ぐ | およぐ oyogu | to swim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “breaststroke”.
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.