Japanese symbol for “outrage”
暴行
ぼうこう
Romaji: boukou
assault; outrage; act of violence
In Japanese, outrage is 暴行, read ぼうこう (boukou).
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, vi, vs assault; outrage; act of violence
- n, vi, vs rape (by force); sexual assault
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “outrage”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無法 | むほう muhou | lawlessness; injustice; wrong |
| 暴挙 | ぼうきょ boukyo | violence; reckless action; (an) outrage |
| アウトレイジ | アウトレイジ autoreiji | outrage |
| 憤激 | ふんげき fungeki | fury; flying into a rage; outrage |
| 大悪 | だいあく daiaku | atrocity; outrage; heinousness |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴力 | ぼうりょく bouryoku | violence; mayhem |
| 暴動 | ぼうどう boudou | insurrection; riot; uprising |
| 暴露 | ばくろ bakuro | disclosure; exposure; revelation |
| 乱暴 | らんぼう ranbou | violence; assault; rowdiness |
| 暴落 | ぼうらく bouraku | slump; crash; heavy fall |
| 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 “outrage”.
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.