Japanese symbol for “epileptic”
癲癇持ち
てんかんもち
Romaji: tenkanmochi
(an) epileptic
In Japanese, epileptic is 癲癇持ち, read てんかんもち (tenkanmochi).
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Meanings
- n (an) epileptic (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “epileptic”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| てんかん患者 | てんかんかんじゃ tenkankanja | (an) epileptic; person with epilepsy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癲癇 | てんかん tenkan | epilepsy; epileptic fit |
| 瘋癲 | ふうてん fuuten | insanity; insane person |
| 癲狂 | てんきょう tenkyou | madness; insanity; lunacy |
| 癲狂院 | てんきょういん tenkyouin | asylum; bedlam |
| 瘋癲病院 | ふうてんびょういん fuutenbyouin | madhouse; lunatic asylum; mental hospital |
| 癇癪 | かんしゃく kanshaku | temper; irritability; fit of anger |
| 子癇 | しかん shikan | eclampsia |
| 癇癖 | かんぺき kanpeki | short temper |
| 気持ち | きもち kimochi | feeling; sensation; mood |
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.