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Japanese symbol for “noxious”

Romaji: dokunoaru
poisonous; toxic; noxious

In Japanese, noxious is , read (dokunoaru).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adj-f, exp poisonous; toxic; noxious
  2. adj-f, exp malicious; spiteful; hurtful

Kanji and stroke order

poison, virus, venom
on: ドク
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ちゅうどく chuudokupoisoning
しょうどく shoudokudisinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
きのどく kinodokupitiful; unfortunate; poor
しょくちゅうどく shokuchuudokufood poisoning
ゆうどく yuudokupoisonous; toxic
どくせい dokuseitoxicity; virulence

See also: Chinese symbol for “noxious”.

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.

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