Japanese symbol for “shipping”
出荷
しゅっか
Romaji: shukka
shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods)
In Japanese, shipping is 出荷, read しゅっか (shukka).
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 shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “shipping”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 運送 | うんそう unsou | transport; freight; shipping |
| 発送 | はっそう hassou | sending; forwarding; shipping |
| 船舶 | せんぱく senpaku | vessel; ship; shipping |
| 海運 | かいうん kaiun | maritime transport; shipping |
| 稼働 | かどう kadou | deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release; shipping |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出る | でる deru | to leave; to exit; to go out |
| 出来る | できる dekiru | to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) |
| 出身 | しゅっしん shusshin | one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school) |
| 演出 | えんしゅつ enshutsu | direction (of a play, film, etc.); production |
| 荷物 | にもつ nimotsu | luggage; baggage; package |
| 入荷 | にゅうか nyuuka | arrival of goods; goods received |
See also: Chinese symbol for “shipping”.
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.