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Japanese symbol for “issuing”

Romaji: hakken
issuing (a banknote, ticket, etc.)

In Japanese, issuing is , read (hakken).

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 issuing (a banknote, ticket, etc.)

Kanji and stroke order

departure, discharge, publish
on: ハツ、ホツ
kun: た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす
9 strokes · JLPT 3
ticket
on: ケン
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “issuing”

WordReadingMeaning
はっきゅう hakkyuuissuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing
とうにゅう tounyuusubmitting (a job to a computer); issuing (a command)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はつばい hatsubaisale; offering for sale; putting on sale
はっぴょう happyouannouncement; publication; presenting
かいはつ kaihatsudevelopment; cultivation; application
はっせい hasseioccurrence; incidence; outbreak
はっけん hakkendiscovery; detection; finding
はつげん hatsugenstatement; remark; observation
しょうけん shoukenbond; bill; certificate
りょけん ryokenpassport

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.