Japanese symbol for “immobile”
塊然
かいぜん
Romaji: kaizen
isolated; immobile
In Japanese, immobile is 塊然, read かいぜん (kaizen).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-t, adv-to isolated; immobile
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金塊 | きんかい kinkai | gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar |
| 団塊 | だんかい dankai | mass; lump; clod |
| 山塊 | さんかい sankai | mountain mass; massif |
| 塊茎 | かいけい kaikei | tuber |
| 氷塊 | ひょうかい hyoukai | lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe |
| 土塊 | つちくれ tsuchikure | lump of earth; clod |
| 自然 | しぜん shizen | nature |
| 当然 | とうぜん touzen | natural; right; proper |
See also: Chinese symbol for “immobile”.
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.
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