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Japanese symbol for “brewing”

Romaji: jouzou
brewing

In Japanese, brewing is , read (jouzou).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt brewing

Kanji and stroke order

brew, cause
on: ジョウ
kun: かも.す
20 strokes · JLPT 1
create, make, structure
on: ゾウ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り
10 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “brewing”

WordReadingMeaning
しゅぞう shuzoubrewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
じょうせい jouseibrewing; fermenting
うんじょう unjoubrewing; fermenting
ぞうこくだか zoukokudakabrew; brewing

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じょうせい jouseibrewing; fermenting
かもしだす kamoshidasuto create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
ぎんじょう ginjouginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
かもす kamosuto brew (sake, etc.)
ぎんじょうしゅ ginjoushuginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
こうぞう kouzoustructure; construction; makeup
せいぞう seizoumanufacture; production
かいぞう kaizouremodeling; remodelling; reconstruction

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.

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