Japanese symbol for “hypothyroidism”
甲状腺機能低下症
こうじょうせんきのうていかしょう
Romaji: koujousenkinouteikashou
hypothyroidism
In Japanese, hypothyroidism is 甲状腺機能低下症, read こうじょうせんきのうていかしょう (koujousenkinouteikashou).
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Meanings
- n hypothyroidism (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲板 | かんぱん kanpan | deck (of a ship) |
| 装甲 | そうこう soukou | armoring; armouring; armor |
| 甲状腺 | こうじょうせん koujousen | thyroid (gland) |
| 甲子園 | こうしえん koushien | Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture) |
| 甲羅 | こうら koura | shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron |
| 甲高い | かんだかい kandakai | high-pitched; shrill |
| 状態 | じょうたい joutai | state; condition; situation |
| 状況 | じょうきょう joukyou | state of affairs; situation; conditions |
| 前立腺 | ぜんりつせん zenritsusen | prostate (gland) |
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
| 可能 | かのう kanou | possible; potential; practicable |
| 最低 | さいてい saitei | least; lowest; minimum |
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 症状 | しょうじょう shoujou | symptoms; condition (of a patient) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “hypothyroidism”.
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.