Japanese symbol for “heckle”

野次る

やじる

Romaji: yajiru

to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall

In Japanese, heckle is 野次る, read やじる (yajiru).

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Meanings

v5r, vt to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle

Written forms: 野次る、弥次る. Readings: やじる、ヤジる.

Kanji and stroke order

野

plains, field, rustic

on: ヤ、ショ
kun: の、の-

11 strokes · JLPT 3

次

next, order, sequence

on: ジ、シ
kun: つ.ぐ、つぎ

6 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “heckle”

Word	Reading	Meaning
野次を飛ばす	やじをとばす yajiotobasu	to heckle; to jeer

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
野球	やきゅう yakyuu	baseball
分野	ぶんや bun'ya	field; sphere; realm
野菜	やさい yasai	vegetable
野党	やとう yatou	opposition party; the opposition
視野	しや shiya	field of vision; view
平野	へいや heiya	plain; open field
次元	じげん jigen	dimension
次回	じかい jikai	next time (occasion)

See also: Chinese symbol for “heckle”.

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.