Japanese symbol for “harvest”
収穫
しゅうかく
Romaji: shuukaku
harvest; crop; ingathering
In Japanese, harvest is 収穫, read しゅうかく (shuukaku).
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 harvest; crop; ingathering
- n fruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns
- n, vs, vt catch (fishing); bag (hunting); haul
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “harvest”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作 | さく saku | harvest; crop; yield |
| 刈る | かる karu | to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip |
| 幸 | さち sachi | harvest; yield |
| 取る | とる toru | to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice) |
| 刈り入れ | かりいれ kariire | harvest |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう shuunyuu | income; earnings; revenue |
| 回収 | かいしゅう kaishuu | collection; recovery; withdrawal |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
| 買収 | ばいしゅう baishuu | acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover |
| 吸収 | きゅうしゅう kyuushuu | absorption; suction; attraction |
| 年収 | ねんしゅう nenshuu | annual income |
| 収穫期 | しゅうかくき shuukakuki | harvest time |
| 収穫高 | しゅうかくだか shuukakudaka | crop; income |
See also: Chinese symbol for “harvest”.
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.