Japanese symbol for “aphasia”

失語症

しつごしょう

Romaji: shitsugoshou

aphasia; dysphasia

In Japanese, aphasia is 失語症, read しつごしょう (shitsugoshou).

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Meanings

n aphasia; dysphasia (med)

Kanji and stroke order

失

lose, error, fault

on: シツ
kun: うしな.う、う.せる

5 strokes · JLPT 2

語

word, speech, language

on: ゴ
kun: かた.る、かた.らう

14 strokes · JLPT 4

症

symptoms, illness

on: ショウ

10 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
失敗	しっぱい shippai	failure; mistake; blunder
損失	そんしつ sonshitsu	loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
失う	うしなう ushinau	to lose
失業	しつぎょう shitsugyou	unemployment
失礼	しつれい shitsurei	discourtesy; impoliteness
喪失	そうしつ soushitsu	loss; forfeit
英語	えいご eigo	English (language)
物語	ものがたり monogatari	story; tale; narrative
症状	しょうじょう shoujou	symptoms; condition (of a patient)

See also: Chinese symbol for “aphasia”.

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.