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Japanese symbol for “bluetooth”

Romaji: aoba
Bluetooth (variety of short-range wireless LAN)

In Japanese, bluetooth is , read (aoba).

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Meanings

  1. n Bluetooth (variety of short-range wireless LAN) (comp)

Kanji and stroke order

blue, green
on: セイ、ショウ
kun: あお、あお-、あお.い
8 strokes · JLPT 3
tooth, cog
on: シ
kun: よわい、は、よわ.い、よわい.する
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “bluetooth”

WordReadingMeaning
ブルートゥース buruutuusuBluetooth (variety of short-range wireless LAN)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
せいねん seinenyouth; young man
せいしゅん seishunyouth; adolescence; springtime of life
あおぞら aozorablue sky
あおい aoiblue; azure
せいざん seizanlush mountain; green mountain
あおき aokiJapanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel
しか shikadentistry
はどめ hadomebrake; drag; skid

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.