Japanese symbol for “watercolor”
透明水彩
とうめいすいさい
Romaji: toumeisuisai
watercolor; transparent watercolor (as opposed to gouache); aquarelle
In Japanese, watercolor is 透明水彩, read とうめいすいさい (toumeisuisai).
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
- adj-no, n watercolor; transparent watercolor (as opposed to gouache); aquarelle
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “watercolor”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ウォーターカラー | ウォーターカラー wootaakaraa | watercolor; watercolour |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透明 | とうめい toumei | transparent; clear |
| 不透明 | ふとうめい futoumei | opaque; obscure; murky |
| 浸透 | しんとう shintou | permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread |
| 透視 | とうし toushi | seeing through |
| 透析 | とうせき touseki | dialysis |
| 透き通る | すきとおる sukitooru | to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear |
| 説明 | せつめい setsumei | explanation; exposition; description |
| 明日 | あした ashita | tomorrow |
| 水着 | みずぎ mizugi | bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers |
| 色彩 | しきさい shikisai | colour; color; hue |
See also: Chinese symbol for “watercolor”.
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.