Japanese symbol for “towering”
屹立
きつりつ
Romaji: kitsuritsu
standing tall; towering; soaring
In Japanese, towering is 屹立, read きつりつ (kitsuritsu).
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 standing tall; towering; soaring
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “towering”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巍然 | ぎぜん gizen | towering (as mountains do); of outstanding greatness (as a person) |
| 屹然 | きつぜん kitsuzen | towering; lofty |
| 見上げるよう | みあげるよう miageruyou | towering; astonishingly high |
| 兀立 | こつりつ kotsuritsu | towering |
| 兀然 | こつぜん kotsuzen | towering |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屹度 | きっと kitto | surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly |
| 屹然 | きつぜん kitsuzen | towering; lofty |
| 屹度なる | きっとなる kittonaru | to look stern |
| 立場 | たちば tachiba | position; situation |
| 独立 | どくりつ dokuritsu | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself |
| 成立 | せいりつ seiritsu | formation; establishment; materialization |
| 国立 | こくりつ kokuritsu | national; founded and run by the central government |
| 対立 | たいりつ tairitsu | confrontation; opposition; antagonism |
See also: Chinese symbol for “towering”.
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.