Japanese symbol for “dnf”

途中棄権

とちゅうきけん

Romaji: tochuukiken

dropping out; withdrawing; did not finish; DNF

In Japanese, dnf is 途中棄権, read とちゅうきけん (tochuukiken).

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Meanings

n, vs, vt dropping out; withdrawing; did not finish; DNF (sports)

Kanji and stroke order

途

route, way, road

on: ト
kun: みち

10 strokes · JLPT 2

中

in, inside, middle

on: チュウ
kun: なか、うち、あた.る

4 strokes · JLPT 4

棄

abandon, throw away, discard

on: キ
kun: す.てる

13 strokes · JLPT 1

権

authority, power, rights

on: ケン、ゴン
kun: おもり、かり、はか.る

15 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
途中	とちゅう tochuu	on the way; en route
用途	ようと youto	use; service; purpose
途上	とじょう tojou	on the way; en route
途端	とたん totan	just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of
中途	ちゅうと chuuto	halfway; midway; partway
別途	べっと betto	separate; special; another
中心	ちゅうしん chuushin	center; centre; middle
中央	ちゅうおう chuuou	centre; center; middle
放棄	ほうき houki	abandonment; renouncement; renunciation
権利	けんり kenri	right; privilege

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.