Japanese symbol for “trafficking”
売買
ばいばい
Romaji: baibai
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
In Japanese, trafficking is 売買, read ばいばい (baibai).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “trafficking”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 密売 | みつばい mitsubai | illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 販売 | はんばい hanbai | sale; sales; selling |
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ uriage | amount sold; sales; proceeds |
| 売る | うる uru | to sell |
| 商売 | しょうばい shoubai | trade; business; commerce |
| 買う | かう kau | to buy; to purchase |
| 買取 | かいとり kaitori | purchase; buying; buying out |
| 買い物 | かいもの kaimono | shopping; purchased goods |
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.