Japanese symbol for “price”
価格
かかく
Romaji: kakaku
price; value; cost
In Japanese, price is 価格, read かかく (kakaku).
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 price; value; cost
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “price”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 値 | あたい atai | price; cost |
| 値段 | ねだん nedan | price; cost |
| 代金 | だいきん daikin | price; cost; charge |
| 値 | ね ne | price; cost |
| 時価 | じか jika | current value; price; market value |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 評価 | ひょうか hyouka | valuation; appraisal; evaluation |
| 価値 | かち kachi | value; worth; merit |
| 定価 | ていか teika | list price; regular price; established price |
| 高価 | こうか kouka | highly priced; expensive; valuable |
| 物価 | ぶっか bukka | prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living |
| 性格 | せいかく seikaku | character (of a person); personality; disposition |
| 資格 | しかく shikaku | qualifications; requirements; capabilities |
| 合格 | ごうかく goukaku | passing (an exam); pass; success |
See also: Chinese symbol for “price”.
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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