Japanese symbol for “tapping”
傍受
ぼうじゅ
Romaji: bouju
interception; monitoring; tapping
In Japanese, tapping is 傍受, read ぼうじゅ (bouju).
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 interception; monitoring; tapping
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “tapping”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打診 | だしん dashin | percussion; tapping; examining by percussion |
| タッピング | タッピング tappingu | tapping |
| 盗み聞き | ぬすみぎき nusumigiki | eavesdropping; tapping |
| コツコツ | コツコツ kotsukotsu | knocking; tapping; clicking |
| ライトハンド奏法 | ライトハンドそうほう raitohandosouhou | tapping (playing technique; on a guitar, etc.) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 傍聴 | ぼうちょう bouchou | listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting) |
| 傍観 | ぼうかん boukan | looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching |
| 傍ら | かたわら katawara | side; edge; beside |
| 傍若無人 | ぼうじゃくぶじん boujakubujin | behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance |
| 路傍 | ろぼう robou | roadside |
| 受験 | じゅけん juken | taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university) |
| 受け | うけ uke | popularity; favour; favor |
| 受ける | うける ukeru | to receive; to get |
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.