Japanese symbol for “dose”
線量
せんりょう
Romaji: senryou
dose (of radioactivity)
In Japanese, dose is 線量, read せんりょう (senryou).
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Meanings
- n dose (of radioactivity)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dose”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 用量 | ようりょう youryou | dose |
| 剤 | ざい zai | medicine; agent; (chemical) substance |
| ドーズ | ドーズ doozu | dose (medicine, radiation) |
| 一回分 | いっかいぶん ikkaibun | dose; installment; instalment |
| 投与量 | とうよりょう touyoryou | dose; dosage |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん shinkansen | Shinkansen; bullet train |
| 無線 | むせん musen | radio (communication) |
| 路線 | ろせん rosen | route (bus, train, air, etc.); line |
| 線路 | せんろ senro | railway track; railway line; railroad |
| 直線 | ちょくせん chokusen | straight line |
| 本線 | ほんせん honsen | main line; trunk line |
| 大量 | たいりょう tairyou | large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction) |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
See also: Chinese symbol for “dose”.
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