Japanese symbol for “chemical”
薬品
やくひん
Romaji: yakuhin
medicine; drug
In Japanese, chemical is 薬品, read やくひん (yakuhin).
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Meanings
- n medicine; drug
- n chemical (agent); chemicals
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “chemical”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ケミカル | ケミカル kemikaru | chemical |
| 薬剤 | やくざい yakuzai | chemical agent (e.g. pesticide, bleach, lubricant); chemical |
| 化学的 | かがくてき kagakuteki | chemical |
| 化学薬品 | かがくやくひん kagakuyakuhin | chemical; chemical agent; chemicals |
| 化学物質 | かがくぶっしつ kagakubusshitsu | chemical substance; chemical |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻薬 | まやく mayaku | narcotic; drug; dope |
| 医薬品 | いやくひん iyakuhin | medical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs |
| 製薬 | せいやく seiyaku | medicine manufacture; drug manufacture |
| 薬局 | やっきょく yakkyoku | pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop) |
| 火薬 | かやく kayaku | gunpowder; powder |
| 作品 | さくひん sakuhin | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production |
| 商品 | しょうひん shouhin | commodity; article of commerce; goods |
| 製品 | せいひん seihin | manufactured goods; finished goods; product |
See also: Chinese symbol for “chemical”.
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.