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Japanese symbol for “bp”

Romaji: eikokusekiyu
British Petroleum; BP

In Japanese, bp is , read (eikokusekiyu).

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Meanings

  1. n British Petroleum; BP

Kanji and stroke order

England, English, hero
on: エイ
kun: はなぶさ
8 strokes · JLPT 3
country
on: コク
kun: くに
8 strokes · JLPT 4
stone
on: セキ、シャク、コク
kun: いし
5 strokes · JLPT 2
oil, fat
on: ユ、ユウ
kun: あぶら
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
えいご eigoEnglish (language)
えいゆう eiyuuhero; heroine; great person
えいぶん eibunEnglish writing; English sentence; English text
えいわ eiwaEnglish-Japanese
えいこく eikokuUnited Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
えいやく eiyakuEnglish translation
ぜんこく zenkokuthe whole country
こくない kokunaiwithin the country; inside the county; domestic
せきゆ sekiyuoil; petroleum
げんゆ gen'yucrude oil

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.