Japanese symbol for “withered”
立ち枯れ
たちがれ
Romaji: tachigare
blighted; withered
In Japanese, withered is 立ち枯れ, read たちがれ (tachigare).
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, vi blighted; withered
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “withered”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凋残 | ちょうざん chouzan | ruined; withered |
| 枯れ枯れ | かれがれ karegare | dry-looking; withered |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立場 | たちば tachiba | position; situation |
| 独立 | どくりつ dokuritsu | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself |
| 成立 | せいりつ seiritsu | formation; establishment; materialization |
| 国立 | こくりつ kokuritsu | national; founded and run by the central government |
| 対立 | たいりつ tairitsu | confrontation; opposition; antagonism |
| 設立 | せつりつ setsuritsu | establishment; founding |
| 枯渇 | こかつ kokatsu | drying up; running dry |
| 枯れる | かれる kareru | to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die |
See also: Chinese symbol for “withered”.
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.