Japanese symbol for “aberration”
収差
しゅうさ
Romaji: shuusa
(optical) aberration
In Japanese, aberration is 収差, read しゅうさ (shuusa).
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Meanings
- n (optical) aberration (physics)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “aberration”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光行差 | こうこうさ koukousa | aberration |
| 脱線行為 | だっせんこうい dassenkoui | aberration; aberrant behavior; eccentric (erratic) behavior |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 収入 | しゅうにゅう shuunyuu | income; earnings; revenue |
| 回収 | かいしゅう kaishuu | collection; recovery; withdrawal |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
| 買収 | ばいしゅう baishuu | acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover |
| 吸収 | きゅうしゅう kyuushuu | absorption; suction; attraction |
| 年収 | ねんしゅう nenshuu | annual income |
| 差別 | さべつ sabetsu | distinction; differentiation; discrimination |
| 格差 | かくさ kakusa | qualitative difference; disparity; gap |
See also: Chinese symbol for “aberration”.
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.