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Japanese symbol for “summarizing”

Romaji: shuuyaku
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating

In Japanese, summarizing is , read (shuuyaku).

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, vs, vt putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating

Kanji and stroke order

gather, meet, congregate
on: シュウ
kun: あつ.まる、あつ.める、つど.う
12 strokes · JLPT 3
promise, approximately, shrink
on: ヤク
kun: つづ.まる、つづ.める、つづま.やか
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “summarizing”

WordReadingMeaning
あっしゅく asshukucondensing; shortening; summarizing
てきし tekishiexplaining; summarizing; indicating
しゅうれん shuurencollecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; summarizing

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
へんしゅう henshuuediting; compilation
ぼしゅう boshuurecruitment; invitation; selection
しゅうだん shuudangroup; mass
しゅうちゅう shuuchuuconcentration (on a task); focusing one's attention
とくしゅう tokushuufeature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
しゅうしゅう shuushuucollecting; accumulating; gathering
けいやく keiyakucontract; compact; agreement
よやく yoyakureservation; appointment; booking

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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