Japanese symbol for “artefact”

出土品

しゅつどひん

Romaji: shutsudohin

artifact; artefact; excavated article; archaeological find

In Japanese, artefact is 出土品, read しゅつどひん (shutsudohin).

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Meanings

n artifact; artefact; excavated article; archaeological find (archeol)

Kanji and stroke order

出

exit, leave, go out

on: シュツ、スイ
kun: で.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す

5 strokes · JLPT 4

土

soil, earth, ground

on: ド、ト
kun: つち

3 strokes · JLPT 4

品

goods, refinement, dignity

on: ヒン、ホン
kun: しな

9 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “artefact”

Word	Reading	Meaning
アーティファクト	アーティファクト aatifakuto	artifact; artefact
人工物	じんこうぶつ jinkoubutsu	artifact; artefact

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
出演	しゅつえん shutsuen	appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
出す	だす dasu	to take out; to get out
出る	でる deru	to leave; to exit; to go out
出来る	できる dekiru	to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
出身	しゅっしん shusshin	one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
演出	えんしゅつ enshutsu	direction (of a play, film, etc.); production
土地	とち tochi	plot of land; lot; soil
土曜	どよう doyou	Saturday
作品	さくひん sakuhin	work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production

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.