Japanese symbol for “mottled”
斑状
はんじょう
Romaji: hanjou
mottled; patchy; macular; porphyritic
In Japanese, mottled is 斑状, read はんじょう (hanjou).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n mottled; patchy; macular; porphyritic
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “mottled”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杢調 | もくちょう mokuchou | mottled (cloth color); speckled; grainy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斑点 | はんてん hanten | (scattered) spots; specks; speckles |
| 斑鳩 | いかる ikaru | Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) |
| 白斑 | はくはん hakuhan | white spot |
| 紫斑 | しはん shihan | purpura; purple spot |
| 状態 | じょうたい joutai | state; condition; situation |
| 状況 | じょうきょう joukyou | state of affairs; situation; conditions |
| 現状 | げんじょう genjou | present condition; existing state; status quo |
| 症状 | しょうじょう shoujou | symptoms; condition (of a patient) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “mottled”.
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