Japanese symbol for “dealing”
売買
ばいばい
Romaji: baibai
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
In Japanese, dealing is 売買, read ばいばい (baibai).
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 trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dealing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扱い | あつかい atsukai | treatment; service; dealing (with) |
| 商い | あきない akinai | trade; business; trading |
| ディーリング | ディーリング diiringu | dealing |
| 競取り | せどり sedori | dealing (in used books); jobbing |
| お見舞い | おみまい omimai | dealing (a hit); striking (a blow); landing (an attack) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 販売 | はんばい hanbai | sale; sales; selling |
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ uriage | amount sold; sales; proceeds |
| 売る | うる uru | to sell |
| 商売 | しょうばい shoubai | trade; business; commerce |
| 買う | かう kau | to buy; to purchase |
| 買取 | かいとり kaitori | purchase; buying; buying out |
| 買い物 | かいもの kaimono | shopping; purchased goods |
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.
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