Japanese symbol for “biome”

生物圏

せいぶつけん

Romaji: seibutsuken

biosphere; biome

In Japanese, biome is 生物圏, read せいぶつけん (seibutsuken).

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Meanings

n biosphere; biome

Kanji and stroke order

生

life, genuine, birth

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる

5 strokes · JLPT 4

物

thing, object, matter

on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-

8 strokes · JLPT 3

圏

sphere, circle, radius

on: ケン
kun: かこ.い

12 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
生活	せいかつ seikatsu	life; living
先生	せんせい sensei	teacher; instructor; master
人生	じんせい jinsei	(one's) life
学生	がくせい gakusei	student (esp. a university student)
発生	はっせい hassei	occurrence; incidence; outbreak
誕生	たんじょう tanjou	birth (of a person); nativity
動物	どうぶつ doubutsu	animal
人物	じんぶつ jinbutsu	person; character; figure
圏外	けんがい kengai	outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.)

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.