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Japanese symbol for “rendering”

Romaji: yakubun
translated sentence; translated passage; translation; version

In Japanese, rendering is , read (yakubun).

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Meanings

  1. n translated sentence; translated passage; translation; version; rendering

Kanji and stroke order

translate, reason, circumstance
on: ヤク
kun: わけ
11 strokes · JLPT 1
sentence, literature, style
on: ブン、モン
kun: ふみ、あや
4 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “rendering”

WordReadingMeaning
レンダリング rendaringurendering

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ほんやく hon'yakutranslation
もうしわけ moushiwakeapology; excuse
いいわけ iiwakeexcuse
つうやく tsuuyakuinterpretation (i.e. oral translation)
うちわけ uchiwakeitemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown
やくす yakusuto translate; to interpret
ぶんか bunkaculture; civilization; civilisation
もじ mojiletter (of an alphabet); character

See also: Chinese symbol for “rendering”.

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.