Japanese symbol for “amygdala”
扁桃体
へんとうたい
Romaji: hentoutai
amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum
In Japanese, amygdala is 扁桃体, read へんとうたい (hentoutai).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扁桃 | へんとう hentou | almond |
| 扁平 | へんぺい henpei | flat |
| 扁桃腺 | へんとうせん hentousen | tonsil |
| 扁額 | へんがく hengaku | framed picture or motto (usu. horizontal, hung over gates or lintels) |
| 扁平足 | へんぺいそく henpeisoku | flatfoot; flat feet; splayfoot |
| 扁形 | へんけい henkei | flat shape |
| 桃色 | ももいろ momoiro | pink (colour, color); peach |
| 胡桃 | くるみ kurumi | walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia) |
| 全体 | ぜんたい zentai | whole; entirety |
See also: Chinese symbol for “amygdala”.
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.