Japanese symbol for “degradation”
低下
ていか
Romaji: teika
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration
In Japanese, degradation 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 “degradation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劣化 | れっか rekka | deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening |
| 堕落 | だらく daraku | depravity; corruption; degradation |
| 左遷 | させん sasen | demotion; relegation; reduction in rank |
| 分解 | ぶんかい bunkai | decomposition; resolution; disintegration |
| 転落 | てんらく tenraku | fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent |
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 “degradation”.
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.