Japanese symbol for “coronary”
冠状
かんじょう
Romaji: kanjou
coronary; coronal; coronate
In Japanese, coronary is 冠状, read かんじょう (kanjou).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n coronary; coronal; coronate (anat)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 王冠 | おうかん oukan | crown; diadem |
| 冠婚葬祭 | かんこんそうさい kankonsousai | important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
| 栄冠 | えいかん eikan | crown of victory; laurels |
| 冠水 | かんすい kansui | being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated |
| 弱冠 | じゃっかん jakkan | twenty years of age |
| 冠動脈 | かんどうみゃく kandoumyaku | coronary artery |
| 状態 | じょうたい joutai | state; condition; situation |
| 状況 | じょうきょう joukyou | state of affairs; situation; conditions |
See also: Chinese symbol for “coronary”.
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.