Japanese symbol for “clinker”
焼塊
しょうかい
Romaji: shoukai
(cement) clinker
In Japanese, clinker is 焼塊, read しょうかい (shoukai).
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Meanings
- n (cement) clinker
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “clinker”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| クリンカー | クリンカー kurinkaa | (cement) clinker |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燃焼 | ねんしょう nenshou | burning; combustion |
| 焼肉 | やきにく yakiniku | yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue |
| 日焼け | ひやけ hiyake | sunburn; suntan; tan |
| 焼酎 | しょうちゅう shouchuu | shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc. |
| 焼き鳥 | やきとり yakitori | yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer |
| 焼きそば | やきそば yakisoba | yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat |
| 金塊 | きんかい kinkai | gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar |
| 団塊 | だんかい dankai | mass; lump; clod |
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.