Japanese symbol for “mugging”
路上強盗
ろじょうごうとう
Romaji: rojougoutou
mugging; mugger
In Japanese, mugging is 路上強盗, read ろじょうごうとう (rojougoutou).
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Meanings
- n mugging; mugger
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “mugging”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追いはぎ | おいはぎ oihagi | highway robbery (of money, clothing, belongings); holdup; mugging |
| 一六 | いちろく ichiroku | (armed) robbery; mugging |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道路 | どうろ douro | road; highway |
| 路上 | ろじょう rojou | on the road; on the street; in the street |
| 回路 | かいろ kairo | circuit |
| 進路 | しんろ shinro | route; course; path |
| 通路 | つうろ tsuuro | passage; pathway; roadway |
| 路線 | ろせん rosen | route (bus, train, air, etc.); line |
| 以上 | いじょう ijou | not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ uriage | amount sold; sales; proceeds |
| 勉強 | べんきょう benkyou | study |
| 強盗 | ごうとう goutou | robber; mugger |
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.