Japanese symbol for “mass”
大量
たいりょう
Romaji: tairyou
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
In Japanese, mass is 大量, read たいりょう (tairyou).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, n large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “mass”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 質量 | しつりょう shitsuryou | mass |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
| 塊 | かたまり katamari | lump; mass; bundle |
| 団塊 | だんかい dankai | mass; lump; clod |
| マス | マス masu | mass |
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) |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
| 数量 | すうりょう suuryou | quantity; volume; amount |
See also: Chinese symbol for “mass”.
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