抗生 (こうせい) — antibiotic, antibacterial

抗こう生せい antibiotic

Frequency #9043 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun

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Meanings

antibiotic
antibacterial

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 抗 (10)

抵(てい)抗(こう) teikou resistance 抗(こう)議(ぎ) kougi protest 対(たい)抗(こう) taikou opposition 抗(こう) kou resistance 反(はん)抗(こう) hankou resistance 抗(こう)争(そう) kousou rivalry 抗(こう)原(げん) kougen antigen 抗(こう)戦(せん) kousen resistance

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Words with 生 (24)

生(い)きる ikiru to live 生(せい)産(さん) seisan production 生(せい)活(かつ) seikatsu life 生(せい) sei life 生(う)まれる umareru to be born 発(はっ)生(せい) hassei occurrence 先(せん)生(せい) sensei teacher 生(せい)徒(と) seito student

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 抗 (10)

Words with 生 (24)

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