Japanese symbol for “restraint”
制限
せいげん
Romaji: seigen
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
In Japanese, restraint is 制限, read せいげん (seigen).
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 restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “restraint”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拘束 | こうそく kousoku | restriction; restraint; binding |
| 抑制 | よくせい yokusei | control; restraint; suppression |
| 制 | せい sei | system; organization; organisation |
| 束縛 | そくばく sokubaku | restraint; restriction; fetters |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ enryo | reserve; constraint; restraint |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 制度 | せいど seido | system; institution; organization |
| 制作 | せいさく seisaku | work (film, book) |
| 規制 | きせい kisei | regulation; (traffic) policing; control |
| 体制 | たいせい taisei | order; system; structure |
| 強制 | きょうせい kyousei | compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do) |
| 限定 | げんてい gentei | limit; restriction |
| 限り | かぎり kagiri | limit; limits; bounds |
| 限界 | げんかい genkai | limit; bound |
See also: Chinese symbol for “restraint”.
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.