Japanese symbol for “granddad”
お爺ちゃん
おじいちゃん
Romaji: ojiichan
grandpa; granddad
In Japanese, granddad is お爺ちゃん, read おじいちゃん (ojiichan).
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Meanings
- n grandpa; granddad
Written forms: お爺ちゃん、お祖父ちゃん、御爺ちゃん、御祖父ちゃん. Readings: おじいちゃん.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爺さん | じいさん jiisan | grandfather |
| 好々爺 | こうこうや koukouya | good-natured old man |
| 老爺 | ろうや rouya | old man |
| 狸爺 | たぬきじじい tanukijijii | cunning old man |
| エロ爺 | エロじじい erojijii | dirty old man; pervert; lecher |
See also: Chinese symbol for “granddad”.
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.