Japanese symbol for “touting”
客引き
きゃくひき
Romaji: kyakuhiki
touting; soliciting; luring
In Japanese, touting is 客引き, read きゃくひき (kyakuhiki).
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 touting; soliciting; luring
- n tout; barker; pander
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “touting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| アピール | アピール apiiru | emphasizing; calling attention to; making a display of |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 顧客 | こきゃく kokyaku | customer; client; patron |
| 観客 | かんきゃく kankyaku | spectator; audience |
| 乗客 | じょうきゃく joukyaku | passenger |
| 客観 | きゃっかん kyakkan | objectivity; objective; object (philosophical) |
| 客室 | きゃくしつ kyakushitsu | guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane) |
| 客席 | きゃくせき kyakuseki | guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi) |
| 取引 | とりひき torihiki | transactions; dealings; business |
| 引退 | いんたい intai | retirement |
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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