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Japanese symbol for “speculation”

Romaji: touki
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

In Japanese, speculation is , read (touki).

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 speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

Kanji and stroke order

throw, discard, abandon
on: トウ
kun: な.げる、-な.げ
7 strokes · JLPT 2
loom, mechanism, machine
on: キ
kun: はた
16 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “speculation”

WordReadingMeaning
しさく shisakuspeculation; thinking; meditation
そうば soubaspeculation (e.g. on stocks)
やま yamaguess; speculation; gamble
おくそく okusokuguess; speculation; supposition
おもわく omowakuspeculation

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
とうひょう touhyouvoting; ballot; poll
とうし toushiinvestment
とうこう toukoucontribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
なげ nagethrow; throwing
とうしゅ toushupitcher
とうにゅう tounyuuthrowing in; inserting; depositing (e.g. a ballot)
きのう kinoufunction; facility; faculty
きかん kikanengine

See also: Chinese symbol for “speculation”.

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.

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