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Japanese symbol for “herbal”

Romaji: shokubutsushi
flora (publication); herbal

In Japanese, herbal is , read (shokubutsushi).

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 flora (publication); herbal

Kanji and stroke order

plant
on: ショク
kun: う.える、う.わる
12 strokes · JLPT 2
thing, object, matter
on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-
8 strokes · JLPT 3
document, records
on: シ
14 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しょくぶつ shokubutsuplant; vegetation
いしょく ishokutransplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting
うえき uekigarden plant; garden tree
たうえ tauerice planting
にゅうしょく nyuushokusettlement; immigration
しょくみん shokumincolonization; colonisation
どうぶつ doubutsuanimal
じんぶつ jinbutsuperson; character; figure
ざっし zasshimagazine; journal; periodical

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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