Japanese symbol for “marble”
大理石
だいりせき
Romaji: dairiseki
marble
In Japanese, marble is 大理石, read だいりせき (dairiseki).
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Meanings
- n marble
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “marble”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ビー玉 | ビーだま biidama | marble; glass marble |
| マーブル | マーブル maaburu | marble |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 理由 | りゆう riyuu | reason; grounds; pretext |
| 理解 | りかい rikai | understanding; comprehension; appreciation |
| 石油 | せきゆ sekiyu | oil; petroleum |
See also: Chinese symbol for “marble”.
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.