Japanese symbol for “ns”
ナノ秒
ナノびょう
Romaji: nanobyou
nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns
In Japanese, ns is ナノ秒, read ナノびょう (nanobyou).
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Meanings
- n nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ns”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侵害刺激 | しんがいしげき shingaishigeki | noxious stimulus; NS; noxious stimuli |
| ナノセカンド | ナノセカンド nanosekando | nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns |
| ナノセック | ナノセック nanosekku | nanosecond; billionth of a second; ns |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秒読み | びょうよみ byouyomi | countdown |
| 秒速 | びょうそく byousoku | speed per second; velocity per second |
| 毎秒 | まいびょう maibyou | every second |
| 秒針 | びょうしん byoushin | second hand (of clock) |
| 分秒 | ふんびょう funbyou | moment |
| 一秒 | いちびょう ichibyou | one second |
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.