Japanese symbol for “wildcard”
鬼札
おにふだ
Romaji: onifuda
wildcard; storm card; gaji
In Japanese, wildcard is 鬼札, read おにふだ (onifuda).
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 wildcard; storm card; gaji (hanaf)
- n extra card (in hanafuda, kabufuda, etc.; sometimes depicting an ogre); joker; blank card
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “wildcard”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ワイルドカード | ワイルドカード wairudokaado | wildcard (character) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吸血鬼 | きゅうけつき kyuuketsuki | vampire; bloodsucker |
| 鬼才 | きさい kisai | wizard; genius; remarkable talent |
| 疑心暗鬼 | ぎしんあんき gishin'anki | suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows |
| 鬼門 | きもん kimon | the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate |
| 鬼ごっこ | おにごっこ onigokko | tag (children's game); tig |
| 鬼畜 | きちく kichiku | brute; savage; fiend |
| 入札 | にゅうさつ nyuusatsu | bid; tender; bidding |
| 改札 | かいさつ kaisatsu | examination of tickets |
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.