Japanese symbol for “binocular”
双眼
そうがん
Romaji: sougan
both eyes; binocular
In Japanese, binocular is 双眼, read そうがん (sougan).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n both eyes; binocular
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 双子 | ふたご futago | twins; twin |
| 双方 | そうほう souhou | both parties; both sides |
| 双眼鏡 | そうがんきょう sougankyou | binoculars; field glasses |
| 双葉 | ふたば futaba | seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud |
| 双生児 | そうせいじ souseiji | twins |
| 無双 | むそう musou | peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled |
| 眼鏡 | めがね megane | glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles |
| 眼科 | がんか ganka | ophthalmology |
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.