Japanese symbol for “fastball”
速球
そっきゅう
Romaji: sokkyuu
fastball
In Japanese, fastball is 速球, read そっきゅう (sokkyuu).
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 fastball (baseb)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fastball”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ストレート | ストレート sutoreeto | (four-seam) fastball |
| 剛球 | ごうきゅう goukyuu | fast, heavy ball; fastball |
| スピードボール | スピードボール supiidobooru | fastball |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高速 | こうそく kousoku | high-speed; rapid; express |
| 速度 | そくど sokudo | speed; velocity; pace |
| 急速 | きゅうそく kyuusoku | rapid (e.g. progress) |
| 加速 | かそく kasoku | acceleration; speeding up |
| 時速 | じそく jisoku | speed (per hour) |
| 減速 | げんそく gensoku | deceleration |
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | Earth; the globe |
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fastball”.
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.