Japanese symbol for “ingredient”
素材
そざい
Romaji: sozai
ingredient; (raw) material; resource
In Japanese, ingredient is 素材, read そざい (sozai).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n ingredient; (raw) material; resource
- n unprocessed timber; raw timber
- n subject matter; topic
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ingredient”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成分 | せいぶん seibun | ingredient; component; composition |
| 原料 | げんりょう genryou | raw materials; ingredient |
| 元 | もと moto | (raw) material; ingredient; base |
| 食材 | しょくざい shokuzai | foodstuff; ingredient |
| 種 | たね tane | ingredient; main ingredient (of a piece of sushi); leaven |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 要素 | ようそ youso | element; component; factor |
| 素敵 | すてき suteki | lovely; wonderful; charming |
| 素人 | しろうと shirouto | amateur; layman; ordinary person |
| 素直 | すなお sunao | obedient; meek; docile |
| 酸素 | さんそ sanso | oxygen (O) |
| 取材 | しゅざい shuzai | gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.) |
| 材料 | ざいりょう zairyou | materials; ingredients |
| 人材 | じんざい jinzai | capable person; talented person |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ingredient”.
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.