Japanese symbol for “dispensing”
調合
ちょうごう
Romaji: chougou
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up
In Japanese, dispensing is 調合, read ちょうごう (chougou).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dispensing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分注 | ぶんちゅう bunchuu | dispensing (e.g. reagent from a pipette); dispensation |
| 配剤 | はいざい haizai | compounding of medicine; dispensing (medicine) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 調査 | ちょうさ chousa | investigation; examination; inquiry |
| 調べ | しらべ shirabe | investigation; inspection; examination |
| 調整 | ちょうせい chousei | adjustment; regulation; coordination |
| 調子 | ちょうし choushi | tune; tone; key |
| 体調 | たいちょう taichou | physical condition; state of health; shape |
| 順調 | じゅんちょう junchou | favourable; favorable; doing well |
| 場合 | ばあい baai | case; occasion; situation |
| 試合 | しあい shiai | match; game; bout |
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