Japanese symbol for “carbohydrate”
炭水化物
たんすいかぶつ
Romaji: tansuikabutsu
carbohydrate
In Japanese, carbohydrate is 炭水化物, read たんすいかぶつ (tansuikabutsu).
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 carbohydrate
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “carbohydrate”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糖質 | とうしつ toushitsu | sugariness; saccharinity; carbohydrate |
| 含水炭素 | がんすいたんそ gansuitanso | carbohydrate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石炭 | せきたん sekitan | coal |
| 炭酸 | たんさん tansan | carbonic acid |
| 炭素 | たんそ tanso | carbon (C) |
| 炭鉱 | たんこう tankou | coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery |
| 木炭 | もくたん mokutan | charcoal |
| 水着 | みずぎ mizugi | bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers |
| 水準 | すいじゅん suijun | level; standard |
| 水道 | すいどう suidou | water supply; water service; waterworks |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
See also: Chinese symbol for “carbohydrate”.
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.