Japanese symbol for “budget”
予算
よさん
Romaji: yosan
estimate (of costs); budget
In Japanese, budget is 予算, read よさん (yosan).
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 estimate (of costs); budget
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “budget”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お買い得 | おかいどく okaidoku | bargain; good buy; budget |
| 付ける | つける tsukeru | to allot; to budget; to assign |
| バジェット | バジェット bajetto | budget |
| 運営経費 | うんえいけいひ un'eikeihi | operating expenses; budget |
| 運営費 | うんえいひ un'eihi | operating expenses; budget |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 予定 | よてい yotei | plans; arrangement; schedule |
| 予想 | よそう yosou | expectation; anticipation; prediction |
| 予約 | よやく yoyaku | reservation; appointment; booking |
| 予選 | よせん yosen | preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial |
| 予備 | よび yobi | reserve; spare |
| 計算 | けいさん keisan | calculation; computation; reckoning |
| 決算 | けっさん kessan | settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results |
| 換算 | かんさん kansan | conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange |
See also: Chinese symbol for “budget”.
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.