Japanese symbol for “letterpress”
凸版印刷
とっぱんいんさつ
Romaji: toppan'insatsu
letterpress; relief printing
In Japanese, letterpress is 凸版印刷, read とっぱんいんさつ (toppan'insatsu).
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 letterpress; relief printing (print)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “letterpress”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凸版 | とっぱん toppan | letterpress; relief printing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凹凸 | おうとつ outotsu | unevenness; bumpiness; roughness |
| 凸凹 | でこぼこ dekoboko | unevenness; roughness; ruggedness |
| 凸版 | とっぱん toppan | letterpress; relief printing |
| 凸レンズ | とつレンズ totsurenzu | convex lens |
| 凸面 | とつめん totsumen | convex surface; convex |
| 出版 | しゅっぱん shuppan | publication |
| 版画 | はんが hanga | woodcut; woodblock print; art print |
| 版権 | はんけん hanken | copyright; publishing rights |
| 印象 | いんしょう inshou | impression |
| 印刷 | いんさつ insatsu | printing |
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.