Japanese symbol for “gibberish”
唐人の寝言
とうじんのねごと
Romaji: toujinnonegoto
gibberish
In Japanese, gibberish is 唐人の寝言, read とうじんのねごと (toujinnonegoto).
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Meanings
- exp, n gibberish
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “gibberish”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寝言 | ねごと negoto | nonsense; gibberish |
| 珍紛漢紛 | ちんぷんかんぷん chinpunkanpun | unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense |
| 珍糞漢 | ちんぷんかん chinpunkan | babble; gibberish; gobbledygook |
| 痴れ言 | しれごと shiregoto | foolish talk; nonsense; gibberish |
| 徒言 | いたずらごと itazuragoto | nonsense; gibberish; meaningless word |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唐突 | とうとつ toutotsu | abrupt; sudden |
| 唐辛子 | とうがらし tougarashi | capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne |
| 遣唐使 | けんとうし kentoushi | envoy to Tang China |
| 荒唐無稽 | こうとうむけい koutoumukei | absurd; nonsensical; preposterous |
| 唐草 | からくさ karakusa | arabesque pattern |
| 唐人 | とうじん toujin | Chinese person |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 個人 | こじん kojin | individual; private person; personal |
| 寝る | ねる neru | to sleep (lying down) |
| 言う | いう iu | to say; to utter; to declare |
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.