Japanese symbol for “ibd”

炎症性腸疾患

えんしょうせいちょうしっかん

Romaji: enshouseichoushikkan

inflammatory bowel disease; IBD

In Japanese, ibd is 炎症性腸疾患, read えんしょうせいちょうしっかん (enshouseichoushikkan).

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Meanings

n inflammatory bowel disease; IBD (med)

Kanji and stroke order

炎

inflammation, flame, blaze

on: エン
kun: ほのお

8 strokes · JLPT 1

症

symptoms, illness

on: ショウ

10 strokes · JLPT 1

性

sex, gender, nature

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: さが

8 strokes · JLPT 2

腸

intestines, guts, bowels

on: チョウ
kun: はらわた、わた

13 strokes · JLPT 1

疾

rapidly

on: シツ
kun: はや.い

10 strokes · JLPT 1

患

afflicted, disease, suffer from

on: カン
kun: わずら.う

11 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
肺炎	はいえん haien	pneumonia
炎上	えんじょう enjou	going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
肝炎	かんえん kan'en	hepatitis
炎症	えんしょう enshou	inflammation; irritation
火炎	かえん kaen	flame; blaze
火炎瓶	かえんびん kaenbin	Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
症状	しょうじょう shoujou	symptoms; condition (of a patient)
重症	じゅうしょう juushou	serious illness
女性	じょせい josei	woman; female
胃腸	いちょう ichou	stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs
疾患	しっかん shikkan	disease; illness; disorder
患者	かんじゃ kanja	patient

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.