Japanese symbol for “lesson”
授業
じゅぎょう
Romaji: jugyou
lesson; class; teaching; instruction
In Japanese, lesson is 授業, read じゅぎょう (jugyou).
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 lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “lesson”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 課 | か ka | lesson |
| 教訓 | きょうくん kyoukun | lesson; precept; teachings |
| 教え | おしえ oshie | teaching; instruction; teachings |
| 示し | しめし shimeshi | lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example) |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | period; class; lesson |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教授 | きょうじゅ kyouju | professor |
| 助教授 | じょきょうじゅ jokyouju | assistant professor; associate professor |
| 授与 | じゅよ juyo | awarding; conferment; granting |
| 授賞 | じゅしょう jushou | awarding a prize; giving an award |
| 授かる | さずかる sazukaru | to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent) |
| 企業 | きぎょう kigyou | enterprise; business; company |
| 事業 | じぎょう jigyou | business; enterprise; venture |
| 営業 | えいぎょう eigyou | business; trade; operations |
See also: Chinese symbol for “lesson”.
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.