Japanese symbol for “jaywalking”
信号無視
しんごうむし
Romaji: shingoumushi
ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
In Japanese, jaywalking is 信号無視, read しんごうむし (shingoumushi).
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Meanings
- n, vs ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通信 | つうしん tsuushin | correspondence; communication; transmission |
| 信頼 | しんらい shinrai | trust (in); confidence; faith |
| 自信 | じしん jishin | self-confidence; confidence (in oneself) |
| 信用 | しんよう shin'you | confidence; trust; faith |
| 信号 | しんごう shingou | signal; signalling; signaling |
| 受信 | じゅしん jushin | receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.) |
| 番号 | ばんごう bangou | number; series of digits |
| 記号 | きごう kigou | sign; symbol; mark |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
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.