Japanese symbol for “spectroscopy”
分光学
ぶんこうがく
Romaji: bunkougaku
spectroscopy
In Japanese, spectroscopy is 分光学, read ぶんこうがく (bunkougaku).
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Meanings
- n spectroscopy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “spectroscopy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分光法 | ぶんこうほう bunkouhou | spectroscopy |
| 分光測定 | ぶんこうそくてい bunkousokutei | spectrometry; spectroscopy |
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 |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
See also: Chinese symbol for “spectroscopy”.
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.