Japanese symbol for “anemia”
貧血
ひんけつ
Romaji: hinketsu
anemia; anaemia
In Japanese, anemia is 貧血, read ひんけつ (hinketsu).
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Meanings
- n anemia; anaemia (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “anemia”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貧血症 | ひんけつしょう hinketsushou | anemia; anaemia |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貧困 | ひんこん hinkon | poverty; penury; need |
| 貧しい | まずしい mazushii | poor; needy |
| 貧乏 | びんぼう binbou | poverty-stricken; destitute; poor |
| 貧弱 | ひんじゃく hinjaku | poor; meagre; meager |
| 貧富 | ひんぷ hinpu | wealth and poverty; rich and poor |
| 血液 | けつえき ketsueki | blood |
| 出血 | しゅっけつ shukketsu | bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage |
| 血管 | けっかん kekkan | blood vessel; vein |
See also: Chinese symbol for “anemia”.
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.