Japanese symbol for “immersion”
水没
すいぼつ
Romaji: suibotsu
submergence; immersion
In Japanese, immersion is 水没, read すいぼつ (suibotsu).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs submergence; immersion
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “immersion”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没入 | ぼつにゅう botsunyuu | being absorbed (in); immersion |
| 液浸 | えきしん ekishin | immersion; dipping; in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture |
| 嵌め込み | はめこみ hamekomi | immersion |
| 没入感 | ぼつにゅうかん botsunyuukan | sense of immersion (in a video game, movie, etc.); immersion |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水着 | みずぎ mizugi | bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers |
| 水準 | すいじゅん suijun | level; standard |
| 水道 | すいどう suidou | water supply; water service; waterworks |
| 水素 | すいそ suiso | hydrogen (H) |
| 水分 | すいぶん suibun | water; liquid; fluid |
| 水泳 | すいえい suiei | swimming |
| 没頭 | ぼっとう bottou | immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to |
| 沈没 | ちんぼつ chinbotsu | sinking; foundering; going down |
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.