Japanese symbol for “dosing”
服用
ふくよう
Romaji: fukuyou
taking medicine; dosing
In Japanese, dosing is 服用, read ふくよう (fukuyou).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt taking medicine; dosing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dosing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| さじ加減 | さじかげん sajikagen | measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; quantity |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 制服 | せいふく seifuku | uniform |
| 服装 | ふくそう fukusou | attire; dress; clothes |
| 洋服 | ようふく youfuku | Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes) |
| 克服 | こくふく kokufuku | conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting |
| 衣服 | いふく ifuku | clothes |
| 征服 | せいふく seifuku | conquest; subjugation |
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application; employment |
| 利用 | りよう riyou | use; utilization; utilisation |
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.