Japanese symbol for “taking”
連行
れんこう
Romaji: renkou
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
In Japanese, taking is 連行, read れんこう (renkou).
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, vs, vt taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “taking”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引き取り | ひきとり hikitori | taking; accepting; receipt |
| 持参 | じさん jisan | bringing; taking; carrying |
| 履修 | りしゅう rishuu | taking (a class); studying; completion (of a course) |
| 攻略 | こうりゃく kouryaku | capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest |
| 取り | とり tori | taking; taker; collecting |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 連絡 | れんらく renraku | contacting; (making) contact; getting in touch |
| 関連 | かんれん kanren | relation; connection; relevance |
| 連続 | れんぞく renzoku | continuation; succession; series |
| 連合 | れんごう rengou | union; combination; alliance |
| 連邦 | れんぽう renpou | federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth |
| 連中 | れんちゅう renchuu | company; lot; people |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 行う | おこなう okonau | to perform; to do; to conduct oneself |
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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