Japanese symbol for “presenting”
発表
はっぴょう
Romaji: happyou
announcement; publication; presenting; statement
In Japanese, presenting is 発表, read はっぴょう (happyou).
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 announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “presenting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提起 | ていき teiki | raising (a question); posing (a problem); bringing up (an issue) |
| 献上 | けんじょう kenjou | presenting (to) |
| 恵贈 | けいぞう keizou | presenting (a gift, etc.); giving; bestowing |
| 拝呈 | はいてい haitei | presenting; presentation |
| 挙示 | きょじ kyoji | presenting (a reason, explanation, example, etc.); showing; giving |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 開発 | かいはつ kaihatsu | development; cultivation; application |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 発見 | はっけん hakken | discovery; detection; finding |
| 発言 | はつげん hatsugen | statement; remark; observation |
| 代表 | だいひょう daihyou | representation; representative; delegate |
| 表現 | ひょうげん hyougen | expression; representation; description |
| 表情 | ひょうじょう hyoujou | facial expression; countenance |
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.