Japanese symbol for “ramen”
拉麺
ラーメン
Romaji: raamen
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
In Japanese, ramen is 拉麺, read ラーメン (raamen).
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Meanings
- n ramen; Chinese-style noodles
Written forms: 拉麺、老麺、ラー麺. Readings: ラーメン、らーめん、らあめん.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ramen”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支那そば | しなそば shinasoba | Chinese soba; ramen |
| ちゅるちゅる | ちゅるちゅる churuchuru | noodles; udon; ramen |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉致 | らち rachi | taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping |
| 伊拉久 | イラク iraku | Iraq |
| 撒哈拉 | サハラ sahara | Sahara |
| 尼加拉瓦 | ニカラグア nikaragua | Nicaragua |
| 拉丁 | ラテン raten | Latin (language) |
| 麺類 | めんるい menrui | noodles; vermicelli |
| 素麺 | そうめん soumen | sōmen; fine white noodles |
| 乾麺 | かんめん kanmen | dried noodles |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ramen”.
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.