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Japanese symbol for “letterpress”

Romaji: toppan'insatsu
letterpress; relief printing

In Japanese, letterpress is , read (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

  1. n letterpress; relief printing (print)

Kanji and stroke order

convex, beetle brow, uneven
on: トツ
kun: でこ
5 strokes · JLPT 1
printing block, printing plate, edition
on: ハン
8 strokes · JLPT 2
stamp, seal, mark
on: イン
kun: しるし、-じるし、しる.す
6 strokes · JLPT 2
printing, print, brush
on: サツ
kun: す.る、-ず.り、-ずり、は.く
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “letterpress”

WordReadingMeaning
とっぱん toppanletterpress; relief printing

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
おうとつ outotsuunevenness; bumpiness; roughness
でこぼこ dekobokounevenness; roughness; ruggedness
とっぱん toppanletterpress; relief printing
とつレンズ totsurenzuconvex lens
とつめん totsumenconvex surface; convex
しゅっぱん shuppanpublication
はんが hangawoodcut; woodblock print; art print
はんけん hankencopyright; publishing rights
いんしょう inshouimpression
いんさつ insatsuprinting

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.

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