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Japanese symbol for “evidently”

Romaji: masashiku
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; evidently

In Japanese, evidently is , read (masashiku).

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

  1. adv certainly; surely; undoubtedly; evidently; really; truly
  2. adv just; precisely; exactly

Kanji and stroke order

correct, justice, righteous
on: セイ、ショウ
kun: ただ.しい、ただ.す、まさ、まさ.に
5 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “evidently”

WordReadingMeaning
はんぜん hanzenclearly; distinctly; evidently
さも samoreally (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently
へいとして heitoshiteclearly; evidently; obviously

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しょうじき shoujikihonest; frank; candid
しゅうせい shuuseiamendment; correction; revision
かいせい kaiseirevision; amendment; alteration
せいぎ seigijustice; right; righteousness
せいしき seishikiformal; official; regular
ふせい fuseiinjustice; unfairness; wrongdoing

See also: Chinese symbol for “evidently”.

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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