Japanese symbol for “liquorice”
甘草
かんぞう
Romaji: kanzou
liquorice; licorice
In Japanese, liquorice is 甘草, read かんぞう (kanzou).
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Meanings
- n liquorice; licorice
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “liquorice”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| リコリス | リコリス rikorisu | licorice; liquorice |
| 蕗草 | ろそう rosou | liquorice; licorice |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甘い | あまい amai | sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary |
| 甘味 | あまみ amami | sweetness; sugary taste |
| 甘え | あまえ amae | overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour) |
| 甘える | あまえる amaeru | to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on |
| 甘美 | かんび kanbi | sweet (taste); luscious |
| 甘やかす | あまやかす amayakasu | to pamper; to spoil |
| 煙草 | タバコ tabako | tobacco; cigarette; cigar |
| 草原 | そうげん sougen | grassy field; grassland; meadow |
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.