Japanese symbol for “venture”
事業
じぎょう
Romaji: jigyou
business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity
In Japanese, venture is 事業, read じぎょう (jigyou).
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 business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry
- n (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work; activity; program
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “venture”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒険 | ぼうけん bouken | adventure; venture |
| 投機 | とうき touki | speculation; venture; stockjobbing |
| ベンチャー | ベンチャー benchaa | venture |
| 試み | こころみ kokoromi | endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture |
| 冒す | おかす okasu | to brave; to risk; to face |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
| 事故 | じこ jiko | accident; incident; trouble |
| 事実 | じじつ jijitsu | fact; truth; reality |
| 企業 | きぎょう kigyou | enterprise; business; company |
| 営業 | えいぎょう eigyou | business; trade; operations |
| 作業 | さぎょう sagyou | work; operation; task |
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.
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