Japanese symbol for “hitting”
打球
だきゅう
Romaji: dakyuu
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
In Japanese, hitting is 打球, read だきゅう (dakyuu).
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 hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball (sports)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “hitting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乱打 | らんだ randa | hitting; battering |
| 叩き | たたき tataki | hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; beating |
| ヒッティング | ヒッティング hittingu | hitting |
| ポンコツ | ポンコツ ponkotsu | hitting (with fist); striking |
| 叩打 | こうだ kouda | hitting; striking; slapping |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打つ | うつ utsu | to hit; to strike; to knock |
| 打撃 | だげき dageki | blow; shock; strike |
| 打ち上げ | うちあげ uchiage | launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; shooting off (fireworks) |
| 安打 | あんだ anda | safe hit |
| 打破 | だは daha | breaking down; defeating; abolishing |
| 打線 | だせん dasen | batting line-up; batting order |
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | Earth; the globe |
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
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.