Japanese symbol for “autophagy”
自食作用
じしょくさよう
Romaji: jishokusayou
autophagy
In Japanese, autophagy is 自食作用, read じしょくさよう (jishokusayou).
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Meanings
- n autophagy (biol)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “autophagy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| オートファジー | オートファジー ootofajii | autophagy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自分 | じぶん jibun | myself; yourself; oneself |
| 自身 | じしん jishin | (one's) self; oneself; yourself |
| 自由 | じゆう jiyuu | freedom; liberty |
| 自然 | しぜん shizen | nature |
| 自己 | じこ jiko | self; oneself |
| 自動 | じどう jidou | automatic |
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 作る | つくる tsukuru | to make; to produce; to manufacture |
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application; employment |
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.