Japanese symbol for “decline”
低下
ていか
Romaji: teika
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration
In Japanese, decline is 低下, read ていか (teika).
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, vi, vs fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “decline”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 減少 | げんしょう genshou | decrease; reduction; decline |
| 衰退 | すいたい suitai | decline; degeneration; decay |
| 断る | ことわる kotowaru | to refuse; to reject; to dismiss |
| 下がり | さがり sagari | fall; decline; lowering |
| 下降 | かこう kakou | descent; fall; drop |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最低 | さいてい saitei | least; lowest; minimum |
| 低い | ひくい hikui | low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.) |
| 低温 | ていおん teion | low temperature |
| 最低限 | さいていげん saiteigen | minimum |
| 低迷 | ていめい teimei | hanging low (of clouds) |
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 地下 | ちか chika | underground; below the ground |
| 上下 | じょうげ jouge | top and bottom; high and low; above and below |
See also: Chinese symbol for “decline”.
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.