Japanese symbol for “herbal”
植物誌
しょくぶつし
Romaji: shokubutsushi
flora (publication); herbal
In Japanese, herbal is 植物誌, read しょくぶつし (shokubutsushi).
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Meanings
- n flora (publication); herbal
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 植物 | しょくぶつ shokubutsu | plant; vegetation |
| 移植 | いしょく ishoku | transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting |
| 植木 | うえき ueki | garden plant; garden tree |
| 田植え | たうえ taue | rice planting |
| 入植 | にゅうしょく nyuushoku | settlement; immigration |
| 植民 | しょくみん shokumin | colonization; colonisation |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
| 人物 | じんぶつ jinbutsu | person; character; figure |
| 雑誌 | ざっし zasshi | magazine; 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.