Japanese symbol for “dumping”
投棄
とうき
Romaji: touki
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal
In Japanese, dumping is 投棄, read とうき (touki).
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, vs, vt abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dumping”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ダンピング | ダンピング danpingu | dumping |
| 投げ売り | なげうり nageuri | sacrifice sale; selling at a loss; dumping |
| 乱売 | らんばい ranbai | selling at a fire-sale price; clearance sale; dumping |
| 不当廉売 | ふとうれんばい futourenbai | dumping |
| 捨売り | すてうり suteuri | sacrifice sale; selling for a song; dumping |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投票 | とうひょう touhyou | voting; ballot; poll |
| 投資 | とうし toushi | investment |
| 投稿 | とうこう toukou | contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.) |
| 投げ | なげ nage | throw; throwing |
| 投手 | とうしゅ toushu | pitcher |
| 投入 | とうにゅう tounyuu | throwing in; inserting; depositing (e.g. a ballot) |
| 放棄 | ほうき houki | abandonment; renouncement; renunciation |
| 廃棄 | はいき haiki | disposal; abandonment; scrapping |
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.