Japanese symbol for “brewing”
醸造
じょうぞう
Romaji: jouzou
brewing
In Japanese, brewing is 醸造, read じょうぞう (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
- n, vs, vt brewing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “brewing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒造 | しゅぞう shuzou | brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky) |
| 醸成 | じょうせい jousei | brewing; fermenting |
| 醞醸 | うんじょう unjou | brewing; fermenting |
| 造石高 | ぞうこくだか zoukokudaka | brew; brewing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 醸成 | じょうせい jousei | brewing; fermenting |
| 醸し出す | かもしだす kamoshidasu | to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender |
| 吟醸 | ぎんじょう ginjou | ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% |
| 醸す | かもす kamosu | to brew (sake, etc.) |
| 吟醸酒 | ぎんじょうしゅ ginjoushu | ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% |
| 構造 | こうぞう kouzou | structure; construction; makeup |
| 製造 | せいぞう seizou | manufacture; production |
| 改造 | かいぞう kaizou | remodeling; 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.