Japanese symbol for “fuel”
燃料
ねんりょう
Romaji: nenryou
fuel
In Japanese, fuel is 燃料, read ねんりょう (nenryou).
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Meanings
- n fuel
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “fuel”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薪炭 | しんたん shintan | wood and charcoal; fuel |
| フューエル | フューエル fuyuueru | fuel |
| 燃油 | ねんゆ nen'yu | fuel oil; fuel |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燃焼 | ねんしょう nenshou | burning; combustion |
| 燃える | もえる moeru | to burn; to get fired up |
| 燃費 | ねんぴ nenpi | fuel consumption; gas mileage |
| 燃やす | もやす moyasu | to burn |
| 再燃 | さいねん sainen | recurrence; revival; resuscitation |
| 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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fuel”.
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.