Japanese symbol for “chilly”
肌寒い
はださむい
Romaji: hadasamui
chilly; unpleasantly cold
In Japanese, chilly is 肌寒い, read はださむい (hadasamui).
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
- adj-i chilly; unpleasantly cold
Written forms: 肌寒い、膚寒い. Readings: はださむい、はだざむい.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “chilly”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷たい | つめたい tsumetai | cold (to the touch); chilly; icy |
| 冷ややか | ひややか hiyayaka | cold; chilly; cool |
| 薄ら寒い | うすらさむい usurasamui | chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold |
| 寒々しい | さむざむしい samuzamushii | bleak; chilly; dreary |
| 小寒い | こさむい kosamui | chilly; a little cold |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肌色 | はだいろ hadairo | flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange |
| 肌着 | はだぎ hadagi | underwear; underclothes; lingerie |
| 地肌 | じはだ jihada | texture; grain |
| 肌触り | はだざわり hadazawari | feel; touch; texture |
| 鳥肌 | とりはだ torihada | goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples |
| 寒い | さむい samui | cold (e.g. weather) |
| 寒冷 | かんれい kanrei | cold; coldness; chilliness |
| 極寒 | ごっかん gokkan | extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season |
See also: Chinese symbol for “chilly”.
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.