Japanese symbol for “obscenity”
淫行
いんこう
Romaji: inkou
obscenity; harlotry
In Japanese, obscenity is 淫行, read いんこう (inkou).
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Meanings
- n obscenity; harlotry
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “obscenity”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淫猥 | いんわい inwai | obscenity; obscene |
| わいせつ罪 | わいせつざい waisetsuzai | (crime of) indecency; obscenity |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淫乱 | いんらん inran | debauched; lewd; lascivious |
| 淫夢 | いんむ inmu | lewd dream; salacious fantasy |
| 淫ら | みだら midara | obscene; indecent; lewd |
| 淫語 | いんご ingo | indecent language; dirty talk |
| 淫魔 | いんま inma | incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 行う | おこなう okonau | to perform; to do; to conduct oneself |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう ginkou | bank; banking institution |
See also: Chinese symbol for “obscenity”.
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.