Japanese symbol for “defect”
欠陥
けっかん
Romaji: kekkan
defect; fault; flaw; deformity
In Japanese, defect is 欠陥, read けっかん (kekkan).
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Meanings
- n defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “defect”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不備 | ふび fubi | defect; deficiency; imperfection |
| 短所 | たんしょ tansho | defect; demerit; weak point |
| 弱点 | じゃくてん jakuten | weak point; weakness; shortcoming |
| 欠点 | けってん ketten | fault; defect; flaw |
| 難点 | なんてん nanten | fault; weakness; flaw |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可欠 | ふかけつ fukaketsu | indispensable; essential |
| 欠点 | けってん ketten | fault; defect; flaw |
| 欠席 | けっせき kesseki | absence; non-attendance |
| 欠如 | けつじょ ketsujo | lack; absence; shortage |
| 補欠 | ほけつ hoketsu | filling a vacancy; supplementation |
| 陥る | おちいる ochiiru | to fall into (e.g. a hole) |
| 陥落 | かんらく kanraku | subsidence; sinking; cave-in |
| 陥没 | かんぼつ kanbotsu | cave-in; collapse; sinking |
See also: Chinese symbol for “defect”.
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.