Japanese symbol for “ambulatory”
移動式
いどうしき
Romaji: idoushiki
mobile; portable; ambulatory
In Japanese, ambulatory is 移動式, read いどうしき (idoushiki).
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Meanings
- adj-no mobile; portable; ambulatory
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “ambulatory”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移動性 | いどうせい idousei | mobile; moving; ambulatory |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移動 | いどう idou | movement; transfer; migration |
| 移植 | いしょく ishoku | transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting |
| 移転 | いてん iten | moving; relocation; change of address |
| 移民 | いみん imin | immigration; emigration |
| 移住 | いじゅう ijuu | migration; move; emigration |
| 移行 | いこう ikou | transition; changeover; switchover |
| 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 |
| 公式 | こうしき koushiki | official; formal |
See also: Chinese symbol for “ambulatory”.
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.