Japanese symbol for “virulence”
毒性
どくせい
Romaji: dokusei
toxicity; virulence
In Japanese, virulence is 毒性, read どくせい (dokusei).
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Meanings
- n toxicity; virulence
- adj-no toxic; virulent; poisonous
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “virulence”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病原性 | びょうげんせい byougensei | pathogenicity; virulence |
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 |
| 女性 | じょせい josei | woman; female |
| 男性 | だんせい dansei | man; male |
| 性格 | せいかく seikaku | character (of a person); personality; disposition |
See also: Chinese symbol for “virulence”.
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.