Japanese symbol for “absurdity”
非常識
ひじょうしき
Romaji: hijoushiki
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality
In Japanese, absurdity is 非常識, read ひじょうしき (hijoushiki).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “absurdity”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不条理 | ふじょうり fujouri | absurdity |
| 頓珍漢 | とんちんかん tonchinkan | absurdity; contradiction; incoherence |
| 背理 | はいり hairi | absurdity; irrationality |
| 筋違い | すじちがい sujichigai | unreasonableness; absurdity |
| 烏滸の沙汰 | おこのさた okonosata | stupidity; absurdity; presumption |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非常 | ひじょう hijou | emergency |
| 是非 | ぜひ zehi | certainly; without fail |
| 非難 | ひなん hinan | criticism; blame; censure |
| 非公式 | ひこうしき hikoushiki | informal; unofficial |
| 非公開 | ひこうかい hikoukai | private; non-public; secret |
| 非行 | ひこう hikou | delinquency; misconduct |
| 通常 | つうじょう tsuujou | usual; ordinary; normal |
| 常に | つねに tsuneni | always; constantly; at all times |
| 意識 | いしき ishiki | consciousness |
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.