Japanese symbol for “ruby”

In Japanese, ruby is ルビー (rubii).

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 ruby
2. n ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
3. n Ruby (programming language) (comp)

Written forms: —. Readings: ルビー、ルビ.

Other Japanese words for “ruby”

See also: Chinese symbol for “ruby”.

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.