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Japanese symbol for “pasting”

Romaji: choufu
pasting; sticking; attaching; affixing

In Japanese, pasting is , read (choufu).

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

  1. n, vs, vt pasting; sticking; attaching; affixing; appending

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

stick, paste, apply
on: テン、チョウ
kun: は.る、つ.く
12 strokes
adhere, attach, refer to
on: フ
kun: つ.ける、-つ.ける、-づ.ける、つ.け
5 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “pasting”

WordReadingMeaning
のりづけ norizukepasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)
はりつけ haritsukeaffixing; pasting; sticking
のりばり noribarigluing; pasting

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
きりばり kiribaripatching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
かりばり karibaritemporary pasting
うわばり uwabarifinishing coat of paper
はりつけ haritsukeaffixing; pasting; sticking
てばり tebaripasting (on) by hand; attaching (sticker, etc.) by hand
ふきん fukinneighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
ふぞく fuzokubeing attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to)
つきあい tsukiaiassociation; socializing; socialising

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.