Japanese symbol for “traitor”
売国奴
ばいこくど
Romaji: baikokudo
traitor (to one's country); quisling
In Japanese, traitor is 売国奴, read ばいこくど (baikokudo).
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 traitor (to one's country); quisling
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “traitor”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 裏切り者 | うらぎりもの uragirimono | betrayer; traitor; turncoat |
| 国賊 | こくぞく kokuzoku | traitor (to one's country) |
| 非国民 | ひこくみん hikokumin | unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country) |
| 逆賊 | ぎゃくぞく gyakuzoku | rebel; traitor; insurgent |
| 賊 | ぞく zoku | rebel; insurgent; traitor |
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 |
| 売買 | ばいばい baibai | trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs) |
| 商売 | しょうばい shoubai | trade; business; commerce |
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 奴隷 | どれい dorei | slave; servant |
See also: Chinese symbol for “traitor”.
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.