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Japanese symbol for “dosing”

Romaji: fukuyou
taking medicine; dosing

In Japanese, dosing is , read (fukuyou).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt taking medicine; dosing

Kanji and stroke order

clothing, admit, obey
on: フク
8 strokes · JLPT 3
utilize, business, service
on: ヨウ
kun: もち.いる
5 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “dosing”

WordReadingMeaning
さじかげん sajikagenmeasured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; quantity

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
せいふく seifukuuniform
ふくそう fukusouattire; dress; clothes
ようふく youfukuWestern-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
こくふく kokufukuconquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting
いふく ifukuclothes
せいふく seifukuconquest; subjugation
しよう shiyouuse; application; employment
りよう riyouuse; 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.

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