Japanese symbol for “estimate”
予算
よさん
Romaji: yosan
estimate (of costs); budget
In Japanese, estimate is 予算, read よさん (yosan).
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 estimate (of costs); budget
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “estimate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 予定 | よてい yotei | plans; arrangement; schedule |
| 見当 | けんとう kentou | estimate; guess; conjecture |
| 見積もり | みつもり mitsumori | estimate; estimation; valuation |
| 推計 | すいけい suikei | estimate; estimation |
| 見積もる | みつもる mitsumoru | to estimate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 予定 | よてい yotei | plans; arrangement; schedule |
| 予想 | よそう yosou | expectation; anticipation; prediction |
| 予約 | よやく yoyaku | reservation; appointment; booking |
| 予選 | よせん yosen | preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial |
| 予備 | よび yobi | reserve; spare |
| 計算 | けいさん keisan | calculation; computation; reckoning |
| 決算 | けっさん kessan | settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results |
| 換算 | かんさん kansan | conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange |
See also: Chinese symbol for “estimate”.
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.