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Japanese symbol for “tariff”

Romaji: zeiritsu
tariff

In Japanese, tariff is , read (zeiritsu).

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 tariff
  2. n tax rate

Kanji and stroke order

tax, duty
on: ゼイ
12 strokes · JLPT 2
ratio, rate, proportion
on: ソツ、リツ、シュツ
kun: ひき.いる
11 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “tariff”

WordReadingMeaning
かんぜい kanzeicustoms (duties); duty; tariff
りょうりつ ryouritsutariff; rates
タリフ tarifutariff
とまりちん tomarichinhotel charges; tariff
りょうきんひょう ryoukinhyoutable of charges; tariff; price list

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ぜいきん zeikintax; duty
かぜい kazeitaxation
かんぜい kanzeicustoms (duties); duty; tariff
のうぜい nouzeipayment of taxes
ぞうぜい zouzeitax increase
だつぜい datsuzeitax evasion
こうりつ kouritsuefficiency
かくりつ kakuritsuprobability; likelihood; chances

See also: Chinese symbol for “tariff”.

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.