Japanese symbol for “herbicide”

除草剤

じょそうざい

Romaji: josouzai

herbicide

In Japanese, herbicide is 除草剤, read じょそうざい (josouzai).

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Meanings

n herbicide

Kanji and stroke order

除

exclude, division (x/3), remove

on: ジョ、ジ
kun: のぞ.く、-よ.け

10 strokes · JLPT 2

草

grass, weeds, herbs

on: ソウ
kun: くさ、くさ-、-ぐさ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

剤

dose, medicine, drug

on: ザイ、スイ、セイ
kun: かる、けず.る

10 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
解除	かいじょ kaijo	termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding
掃除	そうじ souji	cleaning; sweeping; dusting
排除	はいじょ haijo	exclusion; removal; elimination
削除	さくじょ sakujo	deletion; elimination; erasure
除外	じょがい jogai	exception; exclusion
除去	じょきょ jokyo	removal; getting rid of
煙草	タバコ tabako	tobacco; cigarette; cigar
草原	そうげん sougen	grassy field; grassland; meadow
洗剤	せんざい senzai	detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent

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.