Japanese symbol for “paraphrasing”
敷衍
ふえん
Romaji: fuen
expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; amplification
In Japanese, paraphrasing is 敷衍, read ふえん (fuen).
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, vt expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; amplification
- n, vs, vt clear explanation; paraphrasing
Written forms: 敷衍、敷延、布衍、布延. Readings: ふえん.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敷地 | しきち shikichi | site; plot; lot |
| 屋敷 | やしき yashiki | residence; estate; grounds |
| 下敷き | したじき shitajiki | desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay |
| 座敷 | ざしき zashiki | tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room |
| 敷居 | しきい shikii | threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill |
| 倉敷 | くらしき kurashiki | Kurashiki (city) |
| 衍義 | えんぎ engi | elaboration; amplification; explication |
| 衍文 | えんぶん enbun | (inadvertent) redundancy in a text |
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.