Japanese symbol for “spectrometry”

分光測定

ぶんこうそくてい

Romaji: bunkousokutei

spectrometry; spectroscopy

In Japanese, spectrometry is 分光測定, read ぶんこうそくてい (bunkousokutei).

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Meanings

n spectrometry; spectroscopy

Kanji and stroke order

分

part, minute of time, segment

on: ブン、フン、ブ
kun: わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる

4 strokes · JLPT 4

光

ray, light

on: コウ
kun: ひか.る、ひかり

6 strokes · JLPT 3

測

fathom, plan, scheme

on: ソク
kun: はか.る

12 strokes · JLPT 2

定

determine, fix, establish

on: テイ、ジョウ
kun: さだ.める、さだ.まる、さだ.か

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
自分	じぶん jibun	myself; yourself; oneself
部分	ぶぶん bubun	portion; section; part
気分	きぶん kibun	feeling; mood
半分	はんぶん hanbun	half
分野	ぶんや bun'ya	field; sphere; realm
多分	たぶん tabun	probably; likely; perhaps
観光	かんこう kankou	sightseeing; tourism
光景	こうけい koukei	scene; spectacle; sight
観測	かんそく kansoku	observation; survey; measurement
予定	よてい yotei	plans; arrangement; schedule

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.