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Japanese symbol for “remark”

Romaji: hatsugen
statement; remark; observation; utterance

In Japanese, remark is , read (hatsugen).

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 statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

Kanji and stroke order

departure, discharge, publish
on: ハツ、ホツ
kun: た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす
9 strokes · JLPT 3
say, word
on: ゲン、ゴン
kun: い.う、こと
7 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “remark”

WordReadingMeaning
げん genword; remark; statement
ことば kotobawords; remark; statement
ちゅうしゃく chuushakunotes; comment; remark
げんせつ gensetsuremark; statement; discourse
せりふ serifucomment; remark; phrase

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はつばい hatsubaisale; offering for sale; putting on sale
はっぴょう happyouannouncement; publication; presenting
かいはつ kaihatsudevelopment; cultivation; application
はっせい hasseioccurrence; incidence; outbreak
はっけん hakkendiscovery; detection; finding
いう iuto say; to utter; to declare
ことば kotobalanguage; dialect
せんげん sengendeclaration; proclamation; announcement

See also: Chinese symbol for “remark”.

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.