Japanese symbol for “traveling”
走行
そうこう
Romaji: soukou
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling
In Japanese, traveling is 走行, read そうこう (soukou).
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 running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling
- n, vi, vs running (of a program) (comp)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “traveling”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移動 | いどう idou | mobile; moving; traveling |
| 行 | こう kou | going; travelling; traveling |
| 行旅 | こうりょ kouryo | traveling; travelling |
| トラベリング | トラベリング toraberingu | traveling (in basketball); travelling |
| 道行き | みちゆき michiyuki | going down the road; travelling; traveling |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走る | はしる hashiru | to run |
| 逃走 | とうそう tousou | flight; desertion; escape |
| 走り | はしり hashiri | running |
| 脱走 | だっそう dassou | escape; flight; breakout |
| 暴走 | ぼうそう bousou | acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 行う | おこなう okonau | to perform; to do; to conduct oneself |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう ginkou | bank; banking institution |
See also: Chinese symbol for “traveling”.
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.