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Japanese symbol for “harvest”

Romaji: shuukaku
harvest; crop; ingathering

In Japanese, harvest is , read (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

  1. n, vs, vt harvest; crop; ingathering
  2. n fruits (of one's labors); gain; result; returns
  3. n, vs, vt catch (fishing); bag (hunting); haul

Kanji and stroke order

income, obtain, reap
on: シュウ
kun: おさ.める、おさ.まる
4 strokes · JLPT 2
harvest, reap
on: カク
18 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “harvest”

WordReadingMeaning
さく sakuharvest; crop; yield
かる karuto cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip
さち sachiharvest; yield
とる toruto pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice)
かりいれ kariireharvest

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しゅうにゅう shuunyuuincome; earnings; revenue
かいしゅう kaishuucollection; recovery; withdrawal
しゅうしゅう shuushuucollecting; accumulating; gathering
ばいしゅう baishuuacquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover
きゅうしゅう kyuushuuabsorption; suction; attraction
ねんしゅう nenshuuannual income
しゅうかくき shuukakukiharvest time
しゅうかくだか shuukakudakacrop; 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.

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