Japanese symbol for “digestive”
消化剤
しょうかざい
Romaji: shoukazai
digestive
In Japanese, digestive is 消化剤, read しょうかざい (shoukazai).
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Meanings
- n digestive
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “digestive”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ディジェスティフ | ディジェスティフ dijesutifu | digestif; digestive |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消費 | しょうひ shouhi | consumption; expenditure; spending |
| 解消 | かいしょう kaishou | cancellation; liquidation; resolution |
| 消滅 | しょうめつ shoumetsu | extinction; extinguishment; disappearance |
| 消防 | しょうぼう shoubou | fire fighting |
| 消化 | しょうか shouka | digestion (of food) |
| 取り消し | とりけし torikeshi | cancellation; withdrawal; abolition |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 変化 | へんか henka | change; variation; alteration |
| 洗剤 | せんざい senzai | detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent |
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.