Japanese symbol for “fertiliser”
肥料
ひりょう
Romaji: hiryou
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
In Japanese, fertiliser is 肥料, read ひりょう (hiryou).
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Meanings
- n manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fertiliser”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肥やし | こやし koyashi | manure; night soil; dung |
| 肥 | こえ koe | manure; night soil; dung |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肥満 | ひまん himan | corpulence; fatness; obesity |
| 肥大 | ひだい hidai | swelling; enlargement; becoming fat |
| 堆肥 | たいひ taihi | compost; manure |
| 肥やし | こやし koyashi | manure; night soil; dung |
| 肥やす | こやす koyasu | to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 料理 | りょうり ryouri | cooking; cookery; cuisine |
| 資料 | しりょう shiryou | material; materials; data |
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.