Japanese symbol for “colony”
集落
しゅうらく
Romaji: shuuraku
settlement; village; community; town
In Japanese, colony is 集落, read しゅうらく (shuuraku).
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 settlement; village; community; town
- n (bacterial) colony (biol)
Written forms: 集落、聚落. Readings: しゅうらく、じゅらく.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “colony”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| コロニー | コロニー koronii | colony |
| 植民地 | しょくみんち shokuminchi | colony |
| 群体 | ぐんたい guntai | colony |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 編集 | へんしゅう henshuu | editing; compilation |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう boshuu | recruitment; invitation; selection |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう shuuchuu | concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention |
| 特集 | とくしゅう tokushuu | feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
| 落ちる | おちる ochiru | to fall; to drop; to come down |
| 落ち | おち ochi | slip; omission |
See also: Chinese symbol for “colony”.
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.