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Japanese symbol for “practicing”

Romaji: sejutsu
treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing

In Japanese, practicing is , read (sejutsu).

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, vi, vs treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing
  2. n, vi, vs surgical operation; procedure

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

give, bestow, perform
on: シ、セ
kun: ほどこ.す
9 strokes · JLPT 1
art, technique, skill
on: ジュツ
kun: すべ
11 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しせつ shisetsufacility; facilities; institution
じっし jisshienforcement; implementation; putting into practice
しこう shikouputting in force (a law); putting into operation; putting into effect
しさく shisakupolicy; measure
ほどこす hodokosuto give (time, money, goods); to donate
せこう sekouconstruction; constructing; carrying out
ぎじゅつ gijutsutechnology; engineering
しゅじゅつ shujutsusurgery; operation; procedure

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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