Japanese symbol for “coasting”
惰行
だこう
Romaji: dakou
coasting (moving without using power)
In Japanese, coasting is 惰行, read だこう (dakou).
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Meanings
- n coasting (moving without using power)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惰性 | だせい dasei | force of habit |
| 怠惰 | たいだ taida | lazy; idle; indolent |
| 惰眠 | だみん damin | idle slumber |
| 惰弱 | だじゃく dajaku | apathetic; lackadaisical; indolent |
| 勤惰 | きんだ kinda | diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work) |
| 惰力 | だりょく daryoku | inertia; momentum |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 行う | おこなう okonau | to 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.