Japanese symbol for “sponges”
海綿動物
かいめんどうぶつ
Romaji: kaimendoubutsu
(sea) sponges
In Japanese, sponges is 海綿動物, read かいめんどうぶつ (kaimendoubutsu).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n (sea) sponges
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 海岸 | かいがん kaigan | seashore; coast; seaside |
| 海軍 | かいぐん kaigun | navy; naval force |
| 北海道 | ほっかいどう hokkaidou | Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit) |
| 海上 | かいじょう kaijou | (on the) sea; surface of the sea |
| 海洋 | かいよう kaiyou | ocean; sea |
| 木綿 | もめん momen | cotton (material) |
| 綿密 | めんみつ menmitsu | minute; detailed; careful |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
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.