Japanese symbol for “delicacies”
美味佳肴
びみかこう
Romaji: bimikakou
delicacies; epicurean dishes
In Japanese, delicacies is 美味佳肴, read びみかこう (bimikakou).
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Meanings
- n delicacies; epicurean dishes
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美しい | うつくしい utsukushii | beautiful; pretty; lovely |
| 美人 | びじん bijin | beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle |
| 美術 | びじゅつ bijutsu | art; fine arts |
| 美術館 | びじゅつかん bijutsukan | art museum; art gallery |
| 美容 | びよう biyou | beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance |
| 美女 | びじょ bijo | beautiful woman |
| 意味 | いみ imi | meaning; significance; sense |
| 興味 | きょうみ kyoumi | interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for) |
| 佳作 | かさく kasaku | fine (piece of) work; excellent work |
| 酒肴 | しゅこう shukou | food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink |
See also: Chinese symbol for “delicacies”.
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.