Japanese symbol for “meatball”
丸
がん
Romaji: gan
fishball; meatball
In Japanese, meatball is 丸, read がん (gan).
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, n-suf fishball; meatball
- n, n-suf pill
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “meatball”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肉団子 | にくだんご nikudango | meatball |
| ミートボール | ミートボール miitobooru | meatball |
| ミンチボール | ミンチボール minchibooru | meatball |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日の丸 | ひのまる hinomaru | red or gold circle representing the Sun |
| 丸い | まるい marui | round; circular; spherical |
| 丸み | まるみ marumi | roundness; rotundity |
| 弾丸 | だんがん dangan | bullet; shot; shell |
| 丸ごと | まるごと marugoto | in its entirety; whole; wholly |
| 丸々 | まるまる marumaru | plump; rotund; chubby |
See also: Chinese symbol for “meatball”.
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.