Japanese symbol for “cramp”
筋違い
すじちがい
Romaji: sujichigai
cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)
In Japanese, cramp is 筋違い, read すじちがい (sujichigai).
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Meanings
- n, vs cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)
- n unreasonableness; absurdity
- adj-na, adj-no illogical; unreasonable
- adj-na, adj-no misdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess)
Written forms: 筋違い、すじ違い. Readings: すじちがい.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cramp”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痙攣 | けいれん keiren | convulsion; cramp; spasm |
| 突っ張り | つっぱり tsuppari | becoming taut; tightness; stiffness |
| 鎹 | かすがい kasugai | large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal) |
| 攣る | つる tsuru | to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in) |
| 筋けいれん | きんけいれん kinkeiren | muscle spasm; myospasm; cramp |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 筋肉 | きんにく kinniku | muscle |
| 鉄筋 | てっきん tekkin | rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel |
| 一筋 | ひとすじ hitosuji | one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); one strand (e.g. of hair) |
| 道筋 | みちすじ michisuji | course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; route |
| 背筋 | せすじ sesuji | spine; line of the backbone |
| 筋力 | きんりょく kinryoku | physical strength; muscle strength |
| 違い | ちがい chigai | difference; distinction; discrepancy |
| 間違い | まちがい machigai | mistake; error; blunder |
See also: Chinese symbol for “cramp”.
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.