Japanese symbol for “purification”
浄化
じょうか
Romaji: jouka
purification
In Japanese, purification is 浄化, read じょうか (jouka).
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
- n, vs, vt purification
- n, vs, vt cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “purification”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精製 | せいせい seisei | refining; purification |
| 純化 | じゅんか junka | purification; refining |
| 清め | きよめ kiyome | purification |
| 祓い | はらい harai | purification; exorcism |
| お祓い | おはらい oharai | exorcism rite; purification |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洗浄 | せんじょう senjou | washing; cleansing; cleaning |
| 浄水 | じょうすい jousui | clean water; purified water |
| 清浄 | せいじょう seijou | pure; clean; purity |
| 不浄 | ふじょう fujou | unclean; dirty; impure |
| 浄土真宗 | じょうどしんしゅう joudoshinshuu | Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 変化 | へんか henka | change; variation; alteration |
| 強化 | きょうか kyouka | strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement |
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.