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Japanese symbol for “placement”

Romaji: ichizuke
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

In Japanese, placement is , read (ichizuke).

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 placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

rank, grade, throne
on: イ
kun: くらい、ぐらい
7 strokes · JLPT 2
placement, put, set
on: チ
kun: お.く、-お.き
13 strokes · JLPT 2
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 “placement”

WordReadingMeaning
おきかた okikatasetting; placement
プレースメント pureesumentoplacement

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
いち ichiplace; position; location
たんい tan'iunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination
ちい chii(social) position; status; standing
じゅんい jun'iorder; rank; position (e.g. in a race)
じょうい jouisuperior (in rank); top; ranking
しゅい shuifirst place; head position; leading position
そうち souchiequipment; device; installation
せっち setchiestablishment; institution
ふきん fukinneighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

See also: Chinese symbol for “placement”.

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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