Japanese symbol for “billowing”
冪冪
べきべき
Romaji: bekibeki
billowing (clouds, dust)
In Japanese, billowing is 冪冪, read べきべき (bekibeki).
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Meanings
- adj-t, adv-to billowing (clouds, dust)
Written forms: 冪冪、冪々. Readings: べきべき.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “billowing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| むくむく | むくむく mukumuku | rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; billowing |
| 瑟瑟 | しつしつ shitsushitsu | rippling (waves); billowing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乗冪 | じょうべき joubeki | power |
| 冪零 | べきれい bekirei | nilpotent |
| 冪単 | べきたん bekitan | unipotent |
| 冪零元 | べきれいげん bekireigen | nilpotent element |
| 二の冪 | にのべき ninobeki | power of two |
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.