Japanese symbol for “experience”
経験
けいけん
Romaji: keiken
experience
In Japanese, experience is 経験, read けいけん (keiken).
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 experience
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “experience”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 体験 | たいけん taiken | (practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience |
| 感じる | かんじる kanjiru | to feel; to sense; to experience |
| 見る | みる miru | to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) |
| 覚え | おぼえ oboe | memory; sense; experience |
| 目 | め me | an experience |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経済 | けいざい keizai | economy; economics |
| 経営 | けいえい keiei | management; administration; operation |
| 神経 | しんけい shinkei | nerve |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 経由 | けいゆ keiyu | going through; going via; going by way of |
| 体験 | たいけん taiken | (practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience |
| 試験 | しけん shiken | examination; exam; test |
| 実験 | じっけん jikken | experiment; experimentation |
See also: Chinese symbol for “experience”.
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.