Japanese symbol for “herbarium”
標本室
ひょうほんしつ
Romaji: hyouhonshitsu
specimen room; herbarium
In Japanese, herbarium is 標本室, read ひょうほんしつ (hyouhonshitsu).
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Meanings
- n specimen room; herbarium
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “herbarium”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 植物標本 | しょくぶつひょうほん shokubutsuhyouhon | botanical specimen; herbarium |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目標 | もくひょう mokuhyou | goal; target; aim |
| 標準 | ひょうじゅん hyoujun | standard; criterion; norm |
| 標識 | ひょうしき hyoushiki | sign; mark; marker |
| 指標 | しひょう shihyou | index; indices; indicator |
| 標本 | ひょうほん hyouhon | specimen; sample |
| 標的 | ひょうてき hyouteki | target |
| 日本 | にほん nihon | Japan |
| 基本 | きほん kihon | basics; fundamentals; basis |
| 教室 | きょうしつ kyoushitsu | classroom; lecture room |
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.