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Japanese symbol for “tig”

Romaji: onigokko
tag (children's game); tig

In Japanese, tig is , read (onigokko).

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Meanings

  1. n tag (children's game); tig

Kanji and stroke order

ghost, devil
on: キ
kun: おに、おに-
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “tig”

WordReadingMeaning
おにご onigotag (children's game); tig
おにあそび oniasobitag (children's game); tig

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
きゅうけつき kyuuketsukivampire; bloodsucker
きさい kisaiwizard; genius; remarkable talent
ぎしんあんき gishin'ankisuspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
きもん kimonthe northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate
きちく kichikubrute; savage; fiend

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.