Japanese symbol for “multipurpose”
多目的
たもくてき
Romaji: tamokuteki
multipurpose
In Japanese, multipurpose is 多目的, read たもくてき (tamokuteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na multipurpose
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “multipurpose”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多用途 | たようと tayouto | multipurpose; multiuse |
| 多機能 | たきのう takinou | multifunction; multipurpose |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多数 | たすう tasuu | large number (of); many |
| 多分 | たぶん tabun | probably; likely; perhaps |
| 多様 | たよう tayou | diverse; various |
| 多少 | たしょう tashou | a little; some; somewhat |
| 多い | おおい ooi | many; numerous; a lot |
| 多大 | ただい tadai | great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
| 目標 | もくひょう mokuhyou | goal; target; aim |
| 法的 | ほうてき houteki | legal |
See also: Chinese symbol for “multipurpose”.
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.