Japanese symbol for “disclosing”

他言

たごん

Romaji: tagon

telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing

In Japanese, disclosing is 他言, read たごん (tagon).

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Meanings

n, vs, vt telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out

Written forms: 他言. Readings: たごん、たげん.

Kanji and stroke order

他

other, another, the others

on: タ
kun: ほか

5 strokes · JLPT 2

言

say, word

on: ゲン、ゴン
kun: い.う、こと

7 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
他人	たにん tanin	another person; other people; others
その他	そのほか sonohoka	the rest; the others
他方	たほう tahou	one (esp. of two); the other; one way
他社	たしゃ tasha	another company; other company
他国	たこく takoku	foreign country; another country
他殺	たさつ tasatsu	murder
言う	いう iu	to say; to utter; to declare
言葉	ことば kotoba	language; dialect

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.