Japanese symbol for “invertebrate”
無脊椎動物
むせきついどうぶつ
Romaji: musekitsuidoubutsu
invertebrate; invertebrates; invertebrata
In Japanese, invertebrate is 無脊椎動物, read むせきついどうぶつ (musekitsuidoubutsu).
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 invertebrate; invertebrates; invertebrata (zool)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 無理 | むり muri | unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable |
| 無事 | ぶじ buji | safety; security; peace |
| 無駄 | むだ muda | futility; waste; uselessness |
| 無線 | むせん musen | radio (communication) |
| 無理やり | むりやり muriyari | forcibly; by force; against one's will |
| 脊髄 | せきずい sekizui | spinal cord |
| 脊椎 | せきつい sekitsui | spine; vertebral column; spinal column |
| 椎間板 | ついかんばん tsuikanban | intervertebral disk |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
See also: Chinese symbol for “invertebrate”.
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.
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