Japanese symbol for “landing”
上陸
じょうりく
Romaji: jouriku
landing; going ashore; disembarkation
In Japanese, landing is 上陸, read じょうりく (jouriku).
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, vi, vs landing; going ashore; disembarkation
- n, vi, vs making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “landing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 着陸 | ちゃくりく chakuriku | landing; alighting; touch down |
| 着地 | ちゃくち chakuchi | landing (on the ground) |
| 水揚げ | みずあげ mizuage | landing; unloading (e.g. a ship) |
| 荷揚げ | にあげ niage | unloading; landing |
| 中段 | ちゅうだん chuudan | half-way up a slope or stairway; landing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以上 | いじょう ijou | not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ uriage | amount sold; sales; proceeds |
| 上昇 | じょうしょう joushou | rising; ascending; climbing |
| 向上 | こうじょう koujou | elevation; rise; improvement |
| 上司 | じょうし joushi | (one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups |
| 地上 | ちじょう chijou | above ground; on the ground; earth's surface |
| 大陸 | たいりく tairiku | continent |
| 陸上 | りくじょう rikujou | (on) land; ground; shore |
See also: Chinese symbol for “landing”.
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.