Japanese symbol for “strategy”
戦略
せんりゃく
Romaji: senryaku
strategy; tactics
In Japanese, strategy is 戦略, read せんりゃく (senryaku).
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
- adj-no, n strategy; tactics
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “strategy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 対策 | たいさく taisaku | measure; step; countermeasure |
| 作戦 | さくせん sakusen | tactics; strategy |
| 戦法 | せんぽう senpou | tactics; strategy |
| 策謀 | さくぼう sakubou | strategy; artifice |
| 攻略 | こうりゃく kouryaku | strategy; tactics; walkthrough |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戦争 | せんそう sensou | war |
| 戦い | たたかい tatakai | battle; war; fight |
| 作戦 | さくせん sakusen | tactics; strategy |
| 戦闘 | せんとう sentou | battle; fight; combat |
| 挑戦 | ちょうせん chousen | challenge; defiance; dare |
| 戦後 | せんご sengo | postwar period; period after Second World War |
| 侵略 | しんりゃく shinryaku | invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression |
| 攻略 | こうりゃく kouryaku | capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest |
See also: Chinese symbol for “strategy”.
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.