Japanese symbol for “overeating”
過食
かしょく
Romaji: kashoku
overeating
In Japanese, overeating is 過食, read かしょく (kashoku).
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, vs overeating
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “overeating”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴食 | ぼうしょく boushoku | overeating; gluttony |
| 食べ過ぎ | たべすぎ tabesugi | overeating |
| 食いすぎ | くいすぎ kuisugi | overeating |
| どか食い | どかぐい dokagui | overeating; gorging; guzzling |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 過ぎ | すぎ sugi | past; after |
| 過程 | かてい katei | process; course; mechanism |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 通過 | つうか tsuuka | passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit |
| 過剰 | かじょう kajou | excess; surplus; superabundance |
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
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.