Japanese symbol for “cvd”

色覚異常

しきかくいじょう

Romaji: shikikakuijou

color vision deficiency; colour vision deficiency; CVD; color blindness

In Japanese, cvd is 色覚異常, read しきかくいじょう (shikikakuijou).

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Meanings

n color vision deficiency; colour vision deficiency; CVD; color blindness; colour blindness (med)

Kanji and stroke order

色

color

on: ショク、シキ
kun: いろ

6 strokes · JLPT 3

覚

memorize, learn, remember

on: カク
kun: おぼ.える、さ.ます、さ.める、さと.る

12 strokes · JLPT 2

異

uncommon, different, queerness

on: イ
kun: こと、こと.なる、け

11 strokes · JLPT 2

常

usual, ordinary, normal

on: ジョウ
kun: つね、とこ-

11 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
黄色	きいろ kiiro	yellow; amber
色彩	しきさい shikisai	colour; color; hue
景色	けしき keshiki	scenery; scene; landscape
色々	いろいろ iroiro	various; a variety of; all sorts of
緑色	みどりいろ midoriiro	green; green color
灰色	はいいろ haiiro	grey; gray; ashen
感覚	かんかく kankaku	sense; sensation; feeling
覚え	おぼえ oboe	memory; sense; experience
異常	いじょう ijou	abnormal; unusual; extraordinary
非常	ひじょう hijou	emergency

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.