Japanese symbol for “conquest”
克服
こくふく
Romaji: kokufuku
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
In Japanese, conquest is 克服, read こくふく (kokufuku).
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, vs, vt conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “conquest”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勝利 | しょうり shouri | victory; triumph; win |
| 征服 | せいふく seifuku | conquest; subjugation |
| 制覇 | せいは seiha | conquest; domination; supremacy |
| 攻略 | こうりゃく kouryaku | capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest |
| 征伐 | せいばつ seibatsu | conquest; subjugation; overcoming |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 克明 | こくめい kokumei | detailed; scrupulous; careful |
| 下克上 | げこくじょう gekokujou | juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord |
| 相克 | そうこく soukoku | rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife |
| 克己 | こっき kokki | self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint |
| 超克 | ちょうこく choukoku | overcoming; conquering; surmounting |
| 制服 | せいふく seifuku | uniform |
| 服装 | ふくそう fukusou | attire; dress; clothes |
| 洋服 | ようふく youfuku | Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes) |
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.