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Japanese symbol for “surmise”

Romaji: sontaku
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture

In Japanese, surmise is , read (sontaku).

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 surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture
  2. n, vi, vs (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility

Kanji and stroke order

conjecture
on: ソン
kun: はか.る
6 strokes
degrees, occurrence, time
on: ド、ト、タク
kun: たび、-た.い
9 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “surmise”

WordReadingMeaning
すいさつ suisatsuguess; conjecture; surmise
おしはかる oshihakaruto guess; to conjecture; to surmise
はかる hakaruto conjecture; to infer; to surmise
はいさつ haisatsusurmise; guess; inference
おす osuto infer (from); to deduce; to gather

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ていど teidodegree; amount; grade
こんど kondothis time; now
せいど seidosystem; institution; organization
ねんど nendofiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year
たいど taidoattitude; manner; behaviour
そくど sokudospeed; velocity; pace

See also: Chinese symbol for “surmise”.

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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