Japanese symbol for “erosion”
浸食
しんしょく
Romaji: shinshoku
erosion; corrosion
In Japanese, erosion is 浸食, read しんしょく (shinshoku).
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
- n, vs, vt erosion; corrosion (geol)
Written forms: 浸食、浸蝕. Readings: しんしょく.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “erosion”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐食 | ふしょく fushoku | rot; decay; erosion |
| 侵食 | しんしょく shinshoku | encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights) |
| 水食 | すいしょく suishoku | (water) erosion |
| 溶損 | ようそん youson | erosion; dissolved loss |
| 糜爛 | びらん biran | sore; erosion; ulceration |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浸透 | しんとう shintou | permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread |
| 浸かる | つかる tsukaru | to be submerged; to be soaked |
| 浸水 | しんすい shinsui | inundation; submersion; flood |
| 浸る | ひたる hitaru | to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged |
| 水浸し | みずびたし mizubitashi | submersion; inundation; being flooded |
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 食べ物 | たべもの tabemono | food |
See also: Chinese symbol for “erosion”.
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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