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Japanese symbol for “burlap”

Romaji: zukku
canvas; duck; sailcloth; burlap

In Japanese, burlap is (zukku).

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Meanings

  1. n canvas; duck; sailcloth; burlap; sackcloth

Other Japanese words for “burlap”

WordReadingMeaning
おうまふ oumafuburlap; hessian

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.