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Japanese symbol for “coasting”

Romaji: dakou
coasting (moving without using power)

In Japanese, coasting is , read (dakou).

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

  1. n coasting (moving without using power)

Kanji and stroke order

lazy, laziness
on: ダ
12 strokes · JLPT 1
going, journey, carry out
on: コウ、ギョウ、アン
kun: い.く、ゆ.く、-ゆ.き、-ゆき
6 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
だせい daseiforce of habit
たいだ taidalazy; idle; indolent
だみん daminidle slumber
だじゃく dajakuapathetic; lackadaisical; indolent
きんだ kindadiligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)
だりょく daryokuinertia; momentum
こうどう koudouaction; conduct; behaviour
おこなう okonauto perform; to do; to conduct oneself

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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