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Japanese symbol for “trolling”

Romaji: tsuri
fishing; angling

In Japanese, trolling is , read (tsuri).

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

  1. n fishing; angling
  2. n change (for a purchase)
  3. n clickbaiting (internet)
  4. n trolling; bait; making deliberately inflammatory posts online

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

angling, fish, catch
on: チョウ
kun: つ.る、つ.り、つ.り-
11 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “trolling”

WordReadingMeaning
りんしょう rinshoutrolling; singing in a circular canon; round
トローリング torooringutrolling
ながしづり nagashizuritrolling
ひきづり hikizuritrolling
あらし arashiraising havoc; laying waste; trolling

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
つる tsuruto fish; to angle; to catch
つりせん tsurisenchange (for a purchase)
つりばり tsuribarifish hook
つりぼり tsuriborifish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
おつり otsurichange (for a purchase)

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.