Japanese symbol for “damned”
生き
いき
Romaji: iki
living; being alive
In Japanese, damned is 生き, read いき (iki).
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 living; being alive
- n freshness; liveliness; vitality
- n situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (go)
- n stet (proofreading); leave as-is
- pref damned
Written forms: 生き、活き. Readings: いき、イキ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “damned”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罰当たり | ばちあたり bachiatari | damned; cursed; accursed |
| 死に | しに shini | damned |
| 糞 | くそ kuso | damn; damned; blasted |
| 憎き | にっくき nikkuki | accursed; damned; blasted |
| 糞ったれ | くそったれ kusottare | fucking; bloody; damned |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 先生 | せんせい sensei | teacher; instructor; master |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
See also: Chinese symbol for “damned”.
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.