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Japanese symbol for “visit”

Romaji: mimai
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); expression of sympathy

In Japanese, visit is , read (mimai).

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 visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); expression of sympathy
  2. n letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter; gift (in token of one's sympathy)

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

see, hopes, chances
on: ケン
kun: み.る、み.える、み.せる
7 strokes · JLPT 4
dance, flit, circle
on: ブ
kun: ま.う、-ま.う、まい
15 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “visit”

WordReadingMeaning
たずねる tazuneruto visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
ほうもん houmoncall; visit
おとずれ otozurevisit; call
おとずれる otozureruto visit; to call on
めんかい menkaimeeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
みる miruto see; to look; to watch
はっけん hakkendiscovery; detection; finding
いけん ikenopinion; view; comment
みえる mieruto be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
みかけ mikakeoutward appearance
かいけん kaikeninterview; audience; meeting
ぶたい butaistage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.)
かぶき kabukikabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red

See also: Chinese symbol for “visit”.

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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