Japanese symbol for “grazing”
放牧
ほうぼく
Romaji: houboku
pasturage; grazing
In Japanese, grazing is 放牧, read ほうぼく (houboku).
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, vs, vt pasturage; grazing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “grazing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放し飼い | はなしがい hanashigai | free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing |
| 掠り | かすり kasuri | grazing; touching lightly |
| 擦れ擦れ | すれすれ suresure | grazing; skimming; almost touching |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放送 | ほうそう housou | broadcasting; broadcast; program |
| 解放 | かいほう kaihou | release; unleashing; liberation |
| 開放 | かいほう kaihou | opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open |
| 放題 | ほうだい houdai | (doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked |
| 放棄 | ほうき houki | abandonment; renouncement; renunciation |
| 追放 | ついほう tsuihou | exile; banishment; eviction |
| 牧場 | ぼくじょう bokujou | farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch |
| 牧師 | ぼくし bokushi | pastor; minister; clergyman |
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.