Japanese symbol for “entrant”
参加者
さんかしゃ
Romaji: sankasha
participant; entrant; player; competitor
In Japanese, entrant is 参加者, read さんかしゃ (sankasha).
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 participant; entrant; player; competitor
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “entrant”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| エントラント | エントラント entoranto | entrant |
| 入会者 | にゅうかいしゃ nyuukaisha | entrant; new member |
| 入国者 | にゅうこくしゃ nyuukokusha | entrant (into a country); immigrant |
| 入園者 | にゅうえんしゃ nyuuensha | entrant (to a park, zoo, etc.) |
| 加入者 | かにゅうしゃ kanyuusha | affiliate; member; entrant |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参加 | さんか sanka | participation; joining; entry |
| 参考 | さんこう sankou | reference; consultation |
| 参照 | さんしょう sanshou | reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison |
| 参議院 | さんぎいん sangiin | House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) |
| 参戦 | さんせん sansen | participation in a war; going to war |
| 持参 | じさん jisan | bringing; taking; carrying |
| 追加 | ついか tsuika | addition; supplement; appending |
| 増加 | ぞうか zouka | increase; rise; growth |
| 患者 | かんじゃ kanja | patient |
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.
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