Japanese symbol for “disinfection”
消毒
しょうどく
Romaji: shoudoku
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
In Japanese, disinfection is 消毒, read しょうどく (shoudoku).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “disinfection”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殺菌 | さっきん sakkin | sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection |
| 除菌 | じょきん jokin | disinfection; sterile filtration |
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 |
| 中毒 | ちゅうどく chuudoku | poisoning |
| 気の毒 | きのどく kinodoku | pitiful; unfortunate; poor |
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.