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Japanese symbol for “anomaly”

Romaji: hensoku
irregularity; anomaly

In Japanese, anomaly is , read (hensoku).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. adj-na, adj-no, n irregularity; anomaly

Kanji and stroke order

unusual, change, strange
on: ヘン
kun: か.わる、か.わり、か.える
9 strokes · JLPT 2
rule, law, follow
on: ソク
kun: のっと.る、のり、すなわち
9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “anomaly”

WordReadingMeaning
へんちょう henchouirregularity; abnormality; anomaly
アノマリー anomariianomaly
ふせいじょう fuseijouanomaly
きんてんりかく kintenrikakuanomaly
きんてんかく kintenkakuanomaly; angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
たいへん taihenvery; greatly; terribly
へんこう henkouchange; modification; alteration
へんか henkachange; variation; alteration
かわる kawaruto change; to be transformed; to be altered
へんどう hendouchange; fluctuation
へんしん henshinmetamorphosis; disguise; transformation
きそく kisokurule; regulation
げんそく gensokuprinciple; general rule

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.

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