Japanese symbol for “fatigues”

作業着

さぎょうぎ

Romaji: sagyougi

work clothes; fatigues

In Japanese, fatigues is 作業着, read さぎょうぎ (sagyougi).

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Meanings

n work clothes; fatigues

Kanji and stroke order

作

make, production, prepare

on: サク、サ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り

7 strokes · JLPT 3

業

business, vocation, arts

on: ギョウ、ゴウ
kun: わざ

13 strokes · JLPT 3

着

don, arrive, wear

on: チャク、ジャク
kun: き.る、き.せる、つ.く、つ.ける

12 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
作る	つくる tsukuru	to make; to produce; to manufacture
作品	さくひん sakuhin	work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production
作業	さぎょう sagyou	work; operation; task
制作	せいさく seisaku	work (film, book)
作戦	さくせん sakusen	tactics; strategy
操作	そうさ sousa	operation; management; handling
企業	きぎょう kigyou	enterprise; business; company
事業	じぎょう jigyou	business; enterprise; venture
到着	とうちゃく touchaku	arrival

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.