Japanese symbol for “haystack”
干し草の山
ほしくさのやま
Romaji: hoshikusanoyama
haystack; hay bale
In Japanese, haystack is 干し草の山, read ほしくさのやま (hoshikusanoyama).
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
- exp, n haystack; hay bale
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 若干 | じゃっかん jakkan | some; few; a number of |
| 干渉 | かんしょう kanshou | interference; intervention; meddling |
| 梅干し | うめぼし umeboshi | umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum |
| 干す | ほす hosu | to air; to dry; to desiccate |
| 干潟 | ひがた higata | tidal flat; tideland |
| 物干し | ものほし monohoshi | frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse |
| 煙草 | タバコ tabako | tobacco; cigarette; cigar |
| 草原 | そうげん sougen | grassy field; grassland; meadow |
| 登山 | とざん tozan | mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain |
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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