Japanese symbol for “surviving”
生還
せいかん
Romaji: seikan
returning alive; surviving
In Japanese, surviving is 生還, read せいかん (seikan).
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, vi, vs returning alive; surviving
- n, vi, vs reaching the home plate (baseb)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “surviving”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遺存 | いそん ison | surviving; remaining; persisting (to the present) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 先生 | せんせい sensei | teacher; instructor; master |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
| 返還 | へんかん henkan | return; restoration |
| 還元 | かんげん kangen | restoration; return |
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.