Japanese symbol for “buffet”
立食
りっしょく
Romaji: risshoku
stand-up meal; buffet
In Japanese, buffet is 立食, read りっしょく (risshoku).
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 stand-up meal; buffet
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “buffet”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ビュッフェ | ビュッフェ byuffe | buffet; self-service meal |
| バイキング | バイキング baikingu | smorgasbord; buffet |
| バフェ | バフェ bafe | buffet |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立場 | たちば tachiba | position; situation |
| 独立 | どくりつ dokuritsu | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself |
| 成立 | せいりつ seiritsu | formation; establishment; materialization |
| 国立 | こくりつ kokuritsu | national; founded and run by the central government |
| 対立 | たいりつ tairitsu | confrontation; opposition; antagonism |
| 設立 | せつりつ setsuritsu | establishment; founding |
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
See also: Chinese symbol for “buffet”.
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.