Japanese symbol for “zoo”
動物園
どうぶつえん
Romaji: doubutsuen
zoo; zoological gardens
In Japanese, zoo is 動物園, read どうぶつえん (doubutsuen).
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Meanings
- n zoo; zoological gardens
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “zoo”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ズー | ズー zuu | zoo |
| 動物公園 | どうぶつこうえん doubutsukouen | zoo; zoological park |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 運動 | うんどう undou | exercise; physical training; workout |
| 動物 | どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
| 移動 | いどう idou | movement; transfer; migration |
| 自動 | じどう jidou | automatic |
| 人物 | じんぶつ jinbutsu | person; character; figure |
| 物語 | ものがたり monogatari | story; tale; narrative |
| 公園 | こうえん kouen | (public) park |
See also: Chinese symbol for “zoo”.
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.