Japanese symbol for “sauce”
垂れ
たれ
Romaji: tare
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce)
In Japanese, sauce is 垂れ, read たれ (tare).
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 sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce)
- n hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.)
- n (kendo) loin guard (MA)
- n kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character
- n woman
- n-suf -ass; -head
Written forms: 垂れ、垂. Readings: たれ、だれ、タレ、ダレ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sauce”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ソース | ソース soosu | sauce |
| 汁 | しる shiru | (dipping) sauce |
| だし汁 | だしじる dashijiru | broth; stock; sauce |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂直 | すいちょく suichoku | vertical |
| 垂れる | たれる tareru | to hang; to droop; to dangle |
| 懸垂 | けんすい kensui | pull-up (exercise); chin-up; chinning |
| 垂らす | たらす tarasu | to dribble; to spill |
| 垂れ流し | たれながし tarenagashi | incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants |
See also: Chinese symbol for “sauce”.
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.