Japanese symbol for “eyesight”
視力
しりょく
Romaji: shiryoku
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
In Japanese, eyesight is 視力, read しりょく (shiryoku).
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 eyesight; vision; visual acuity
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “eyesight”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目 | め me | eyesight; sight; vision |
| 視覚 | しかく shikaku | (sense of) sight; eyesight; vision |
| 光 | ひかり hikari | vision; eyesight |
| 明 | めい mei | eyesight; vision |
| アイサイト | アイサイト aisaito | eyesight |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
| 視点 | してん shiten | point of view; viewpoint; angle |
| 重視 | じゅうし juushi | regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of |
| 無視 | むし mushi | disregarding; ignoring |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 警視庁 | けいしちょう keishichou | Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo) |
| 協力 | きょうりょく kyouryoku | cooperation; collaboration; help |
| 能力 | のうりょく nouryoku | ability; faculty |
See also: Chinese symbol for “eyesight”.
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.