Japanese symbol for “gridlock”
渋滞
じゅうたい
Romaji: juutai
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock
In Japanese, gridlock is 渋滞, read じゅうたい (juutai).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs (traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock
- n, vi, vs delay; stagnation
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渋谷 | しぶや shibuya | Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya |
| 渋い | しぶい shibui | astringent; bitter; puckery |
| 苦渋 | くじゅう kujuu | bitterness; distress; pain |
| 渋る | しぶる shiburu | to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to hesitate (to do) |
| 渋柿 | しぶがき shibugaki | astringent persimmon |
| 滞在 | たいざい taizai | stay; sojourn |
| 停滞 | ていたい teitai | stagnation; tie-up; standstill |
| 滞納 | たいのう tainou | falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment |
See also: Chinese symbol for “gridlock”.
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.