Japanese symbol for “cube”
立方体
りっぽうたい
Romaji: rippoutai
cube
In Japanese, cube is 立方体, read りっぽうたい (rippoutai).
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 cube
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cube”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| キューブ | キューブ kyuubu | cube |
| 立方 | りっぽう rippou | cube |
| 角 | かく kaku | square; cube |
| 三乗 | さんじょう sanjou | cube; third power |
| 正六面体 | せいろくめんたい seirokumentai | regular hexahedron; cube |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立場 | たちば tachiba | position; situation |
| 独立 | どくりつ dokuritsu | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself |
| 成立 | せいりつ seiritsu | formation; establishment; materialization |
| 国立 | こくりつ kokuritsu | national; founded and run by the central government |
| 対立 | たいりつ tairitsu | confrontation; opposition; antagonism |
| 設立 | せつりつ setsuritsu | establishment; founding |
| 方法 | ほうほう houhou | method; way; manner |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 全体 | ぜんたい zentai | whole; entirety |
See also: Chinese symbol for “cube”.
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.