Japanese symbol for “colitis”
大腸炎
だいちょうえん
Romaji: daichouen
colitis
In Japanese, colitis is 大腸炎, read だいちょうえん (daichouen).
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Meanings
- n colitis (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “colitis”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 結腸炎 | けっちょうえん ketchouen | colitis |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 胃腸 | いちょう ichou | stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs |
| 大腸 | だいちょう daichou | large intestine; large bowel; colon |
| 肺炎 | はいえん haien | pneumonia |
See also: Chinese symbol for “colitis”.
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.