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Japanese symbol for “peanut”

Romaji: rakkasei
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut

In Japanese, peanut is , read (rakkasei).

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 peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

fall, drop, come down
on: ラク
kun: お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす
12 strokes · JLPT 2
flower
on: カ、ケ
kun: はな
7 strokes · JLPT 4
life, genuine, birth
on: セイ、ショウ
kun: い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる
5 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “peanut”

WordReadingMeaning
ピーナッツ piinattsupeanut
ナンキンまめ nankinmamepeanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
おちる ochiruto fall; to drop; to come down
おち ochislip; omission
ついらく tsuirakufall; crash (of an aircraft)
おとす otosuto drop; to lose; to let fall
らくご rakugorakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
らっか rakkafall; drop; descent
はなび hanabifireworks
はなよめ hanayomebride
せいかつ seikatsulife; living

See also: Chinese symbol for “peanut”.

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.

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