Japanese symbol for “delinquency”
非行
ひこう
Romaji: hikou
delinquency; misconduct
In Japanese, delinquency is 非行, read ひこう (hikou).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n delinquency; misconduct
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “delinquency”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滞納 | たいのう tainou | falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment |
| 突っ張り | つっぱり tsuppari | (juvenile) delinquency; (juvenile) delinquent; punk |
| 不良行為 | ふりょうこうい furyoukoui | delinquency; misdeed; misconduct |
| やんちゃ | やんちゃ yancha | delinquency; misconduct; straying from the right path |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非常 | ひじょう hijou | emergency |
| 是非 | ぜひ zehi | certainly; without fail |
| 非難 | ひなん hinan | criticism; blame; censure |
| 非公式 | ひこうしき hikoushiki | informal; unofficial |
| 非公開 | ひこうかい hikoukai | private; non-public; secret |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 行う | おこなう okonau | to perform; to do; to conduct oneself |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう ginkou | bank; banking institution |
See also: Chinese symbol for “delinquency”.
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.