Japanese symbol for “cleanup”
浄化
じょうか
Romaji: jouka
purification
In Japanese, cleanup is 浄化, read じょうか (jouka).
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 purification
- n, vs, vt cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cleanup”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| クリーンアップ | クリーンアップ kuriin'appu | cleanup; cleaning up |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洗浄 | せんじょう senjou | washing; cleansing; cleaning |
| 浄水 | じょうすい jousui | clean water; purified water |
| 清浄 | せいじょう seijou | pure; clean; purity |
| 不浄 | ふじょう fujou | unclean; dirty; impure |
| 浄土真宗 | じょうどしんしゅう joudoshinshuu | Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 変化 | へんか henka | change; variation; alteration |
| 強化 | きょうか kyouka | strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement |
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.