Japanese symbol for “evocation”
喚起
かんき
Romaji: kanki
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
In Japanese, evocation is 喚起, read かんき (kanki).
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 arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “evocation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 誘起 | ゆうき yuuki | evocation; inducement; giving rise to |
| 召喚 | しょうかん shoukan | summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 召喚 | しょうかん shoukan | summons; subpoena; citation |
| 喚問 | かんもん kanmon | summons |
| 喚く | わめく wameku | to shout; to cry (out); to yell |
| 阿鼻叫喚 | あびきょうかん abikyoukan | agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells |
| 起訴 | きそ kiso | prosecution; indictment |
| 起こる | おこる okoru | to occur; to happen |
| 起こす | おこす okosu | to raise; to raise up; to set up |
| 起きる | おきる okiru | to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire) |
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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