Japanese symbol for “debt”
借金
しゃっきん
Romaji: shakkin
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
In Japanese, debt is 借金, read しゃっきん (shakkin).
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 debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
- n number of games under the .500 mark (baseb)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “debt”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 負債 | ふさい fusai | debt; liabilities |
| 債務 | さいむ saimu | debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual) |
| 借り | かり kari | borrowing; debt; loan |
| 債 | さい sai | debt; loan |
| 借入金 | かりいれきん kariirekin | loan; loan payable; debt |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 借り | かり kari | borrowing; debt; loan |
| 借りる | かりる kariru | to borrow |
| 貸借 | たいしゃく taishaku | loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing |
| 賃借 | ちんしゃく chinshaku | renting; rental; hiring |
| 拝借 | はいしゃく haishaku | borrowing |
| お金 | おかね okane | money |
| 資金 | しきん shikin | funds; capital |
| 金融 | きんゆう kin'yuu | finance; financing; credit transacting |
See also: Chinese symbol for “debt”.
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.