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Japanese symbol for “hplc”

Romaji: kousokuekitaikuromatogurafii
high-performance liquid chromatography; high-pressure liquid chromatography; HPLC

In Japanese, hplc is , read (kousokuekitaikuromatogurafii).

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Meanings

  1. n high-performance liquid chromatography; high-pressure liquid chromatography; HPLC (chem)

Kanji and stroke order

tall, high, expensive
on: コウ
kun: たか.い、たか、-だか、たか.まる
10 strokes · JLPT 4
quick, fast
on: ソク
kun: はや.い、はや-、はや.める、すみ.やか
10 strokes · JLPT 2
fluid, liquid, juice
on: エキ
11 strokes · JLPT 2
body, substance, object
on: タイ、テイ
kun: からだ、かたち
7 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さいこう saikoubest; supreme; wonderful
たかい takaihigh; tall
こうこう koukousenior high school; high school
こうこうせい koukouseisenior high school student
こうそく kousokuhigh-speed; rapid; express
こうれい koureiadvanced age; old age
そくど sokudospeed; velocity; pace
きゅうそく kyuusokurapid (e.g. progress)
けつえき ketsuekiblood
ぜんたい zentaiwhole; entirety

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.