Japanese symbol for “maintenance”
維持
いじ
Romaji: iji
maintenance; preservation; improvement
In Japanese, maintenance is 維持, read いじ (iji).
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, vs, vt maintenance; preservation; improvement
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “maintenance”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 整備 | せいび seibi | maintenance; servicing |
| 保守 | ほしゅ hoshu | maintenance |
| 保存 | ほぞん hozon | preservation; conservation; storage |
| 継続 | けいぞく keizoku | continuation; continuance; maintenance |
| 手入れ | ていれ teire | care; looking after; repair |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 繊維 | せんい sen'i | fibre; fiber |
| 維新 | いしん ishin | reformation; revolution; renewal |
| 明治維新 | めいじいしん meijiishin | Meiji Restoration (1868) |
| 筋繊維 | きんせんい kinsen'i | muscle fiber; muscle fibre |
| 繊維状 | せんいじょう sen'ijou | fibrous; filamentous; fibrillary |
| 気持ち | きもち kimochi | feeling; sensation; mood |
| 持つ | もつ motsu | to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry |
| 支持 | しじ shiji | support; backing; endorsement |
See also: Chinese symbol for “maintenance”.
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.