Japanese symbol for “idiopathic”
特発性
とくはつせい
Romaji: tokuhatsusei
idiopathic; spontaneous
In Japanese, idiopathic is 特発性, read とくはつせい (tokuhatsusei).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n idiopathic; spontaneous (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 特に | とくに tokuni | particularly; especially; in particular |
| 特別 | とくべつ tokubetsu | special; particular; extraordinary |
| 独特 | どくとく dokutoku | peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic |
| 特徴 | とくちょう tokuchou | feature; trait; characteristic |
| 特定 | とくてい tokutei | specific; particular; designated |
| 特殊 | とくしゅ tokushu | special; particular; peculiar |
| 発売 | はつばい hatsubai | sale; offering for sale; putting on sale |
| 発表 | はっぴょう happyou | announcement; publication; presenting |
| 女性 | じょせい josei | woman; female |
See also: Chinese symbol for “idiopathic”.
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.