Japanese symbol for “scavenger”
捕捉剤
ほそくざい
Romaji: hosokuzai
scavenger
In Japanese, scavenger is 捕捉剤, read ほそくざい (hosokuzai).
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Meanings
- n scavenger (chem)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “scavenger”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| スカベンジャー | スカベンジャー sukabenjaa | scavenger |
| 腐食動物 | ふしょくどうぶつ fushokudoubutsu | saprovore; saprozoic organism; saprophagous animal |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逮捕 | たいほ taiho | arrest; apprehension; capture |
| 捕虜 | ほりょ horyo | prisoner (of war); POW; captive |
| 捕獲 | ほかく hokaku | capture; seizure |
| 捕鯨 | ほげい hogei | whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing |
| 捕手 | ほしゅ hoshu | catcher |
| 捕まえる | つかまえる tsukamaeru | to catch; to capture; to arrest |
| 捉える | とらえる toraeru | to catch; to capture; to seize |
| 捕捉 | ほそく hosoku | capture; seizure; prehension |
| 洗剤 | せんざい senzai | detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent |
See also: Chinese symbol for “scavenger”.
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.