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Japanese symbol for “motorcade”

Romaji: sharetsu
column of cars; motorcade; convoy

In Japanese, motorcade is , read (sharetsu).

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 column of cars; motorcade; convoy

Kanji and stroke order

car
on: シャ
kun: くるま
7 strokes · JLPT 4
file, row, rank
on: レツ、レ
6 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しゃりょう sharyou(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car
でんしゃ denshatrain; electric train
じどうしゃ jidoushacar; automobile; motorcar
じてんしゃ jitenshabicycle; bike
れっしゃ resshatrain; railway train
ちゅうしゃ chuushaparking (a vehicle)
けいれつ keiretsuseries; sequence; system
ぎょうれつ gyouretsuline; queue; procession

See also: Chinese symbol for “motorcade”.

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.