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Japanese symbol for “venture”

Romaji: jigyou
business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity

In Japanese, venture is , read (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

  1. n business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry
  2. n (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work; activity; program

Kanji and stroke order

matter, thing, fact
on: ジ、ズ
kun: こと、つか.う、つか.える
8 strokes · JLPT 3
business, vocation, arts
on: ギョウ、ゴウ
kun: わざ
13 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “venture”

WordReadingMeaning
ぼうけん boukenadventure; venture
とうき toukispeculation; venture; stockjobbing
ベンチャー benchaaventure
こころみ kokoromiendeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
おかす okasuto brave; to risk; to face

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しごと shigotowork; job; labor
じけん jikenevent; affair; incident
きじ kijiarticle; news story; report
じこ jikoaccident; incident; trouble
じじつ jijitsufact; truth; reality
きぎょう kigyouenterprise; business; company
えいぎょう eigyoubusiness; trade; operations
さぎょう sagyouwork; 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.