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Japanese symbol for “reductase”

Romaji: kangenkouso
reductase

In Japanese, reductase is , read (kangenkouso).

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Meanings

  1. n reductase

Kanji and stroke order

send back, return
on: カン
kun: かえ.る
16 strokes · JLPT 1
beginning, former time, origin
on: ゲン、ガン
kun: もと
4 strokes · JLPT 3
fermentation
on: コウ
14 strokes · JLPT 1
elementary, principle, naked
on: ソ、ス
kun: もと
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “reductase”

WordReadingMeaning
レダクターゼ redakutaazereductase

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
へんかん henkanreturn; restoration
かんげん kangenrestoration; return
きかん kikanreturn (home); repatriation
だっかん dakkanrecapture; retaking; recovery
そうかん soukansending home; repatriation; deportation
しょうかん shoukanrepayment; redemption; amortization
げんき genkilively; full of spirit; energetic
じもと jimotohome area; home town
こうそ kousoenzyme
ようそ yousoelement; component; factor

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.