Japanese symbol for “fertility”
豊沃
ほうよく
Romaji: houyoku
fertility
In Japanese, fertility is 豊沃, read ほうよく (houyoku).
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
- adj-na, n fertility
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fertility”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稔性 | ねんせい nensei | fertility (esp. of plants) |
| 妊性 | にんせい ninsei | fertility (esp. of animals) |
| 妊孕能 | にんようのう nin'younou | fertility |
| 受胎能力 | じゅたいのうりょく jutainouryoku | fertility; capability to conceive |
| 妊孕性 | にんようせい nin'yousei | fertility |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豊か | ゆたか yutaka | abundant; plentiful; rich |
| 豊富 | ほうふ houfu | abundant; plentiful; rich |
| 豊作 | ほうさく housaku | abundant harvest; bumper crop |
| 豊満 | ほうまん houman | stout; corpulent; plump |
| 豊漁 | ほうりょう houryou | good catch; good haul |
| 豊年 | ほうねん hounen | fruitful year |
| 肥沃 | ひよく hiyoku | fertile; rich; productive |
| 沃野 | よくや yokuya | fertile fields or plain |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fertility”.
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.