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Japanese symbol for “weightlifting”

Romaji: juuryouage
weightlifting; weight lifting

In Japanese, weightlifting is , read (juuryouage).

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 weightlifting; weight lifting

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

heavy, important, esteem
on: ジュウ、チョウ
kun: え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう
9 strokes · JLPT 3
quantity, measure, weight
on: リョウ
kun: はか.る
12 strokes · JLPT 2
raise, plan, project
on: キョ
kun: あ.げる、あ.がる、こぞ.る
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “weightlifting”

WordReadingMeaning
ウエイトリフティング ueitorifutinguweightlifting; weight lifting

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じゅうよう juuyouimportant; essential; significant
たいじゅう taijuu(body) weight
きちょう kichouprecious; valuable
じゅうし juushiregarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of
じゅうだい juudaiserious; important; significant
じゅうりょう juuryouweight
たいりょう tairyoularge quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
すうりょう suuryouquantity; volume; amount
せんきょ senkyoelection

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.