Japanese symbol for “deuterium”
重水素
じゅうすいそ
Romaji: juusuiso
deuterium; heavy hydrogen
In Japanese, deuterium is 重水素, read じゅうすいそ (juusuiso).
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Meanings
- n deuterium; heavy hydrogen (chem)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “deuterium”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二重水素 | にじゅうすいそ nijuusuiso | deuterium; heavy hydrogen |
| デューテリウム | デューテリウム deyuuteriumu | deuterium; heavy hydrogen |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重要 | じゅうよう juuyou | important; essential; significant |
| 体重 | たいじゅう taijuu | (body) weight |
| 貴重 | きちょう kichou | precious; valuable |
| 重視 | じゅうし juushi | regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of |
| 重大 | じゅうだい juudai | serious; important; significant |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
| 水着 | みずぎ mizugi | bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers |
| 水準 | すいじゅん suijun | level; standard |
| 要素 | ようそ youso | element; component; factor |
See also: Chinese symbol for “deuterium”.
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.