Japanese symbol for “toxicology”
毒科学
どくかがく
Romaji: dokukagaku
toxicology; toxicological
In Japanese, toxicology is 毒科学, read どくかがく (dokukagaku).
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Meanings
- adj-na toxicology; toxicological
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “toxicology”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毒物学 | どくぶつがく dokubutsugaku | toxicology |
| 毒性学 | どくせいがく dokuseigaku | toxicology |
| 中毒学 | ちゅうどくがく chuudokugaku | toxicology |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中毒 | ちゅうどく chuudoku | poisoning |
| 消毒 | しょうどく shoudoku | disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation |
| 気の毒 | きのどく kinodoku | pitiful; unfortunate; poor |
| 食中毒 | しょくちゅうどく shokuchuudoku | food poisoning |
| 有毒 | ゆうどく yuudoku | poisonous; toxic |
| 毒性 | どくせい dokusei | toxicity; virulence |
| 科学 | かがく kagaku | science |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ kyoukasho | textbook; coursebook; schoolbook |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
See also: Chinese symbol for “toxicology”.
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.