Japanese symbol for “infatuation”
溺愛
できあい
Romaji: dekiai
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
In Japanese, infatuation is 溺愛, read できあい (dekiai).
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 infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “infatuation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痴情 | ちじょう chijou | being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love |
| 惑い | まどい madoi | delusion; illusion; infatuation |
| 萌え | もえ moe | moe; fascination; infatuation (esp. towards anime and manga characters) |
| 女狂い | おんなぐるい onnagurui | infatuation (with a woman); obsessing (over a woman); losing one's head (over a woman) |
| 愛及屋烏 | あいきゅうおくう aikyuuokuu | infatuation; doting |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溺れる | おぼれる oboreru | to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe |
| 溺死 | できし dekishi | death by drowning |
| 耽溺 | たんでき tandeki | indulgence (in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation |
| 溺水 | できすい dekisui | drowning |
| 惑溺 | わくでき wakudeki | indulgence; addiction; infatuation |
| 恋愛 | れんあい ren'ai | love; romance; tender passion |
| 愛情 | あいじょう aijou | love; affection |
| 可愛い | かわいい kawaii | cute; adorable; charming |
See also: Chinese symbol for “infatuation”.
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.