Japanese symbol for “immunodeficiency”

免疫不全

めんえきふぜん

Romaji: men'ekifuzen

immunodeficiency

In Japanese, immunodeficiency is 免疫不全, read めんえきふぜん (men'ekifuzen).

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Meanings

adj-no, n immunodeficiency

Kanji and stroke order

免

excuse, dismissal

on: メン
kun: まぬか.れる、まぬが.れる

8 strokes · JLPT 1

疫

epidemic

on: エキ、ヤク

9 strokes · JLPT 1

不

negative, non-, bad

on: フ、ブ

4 strokes · JLPT 3

全

whole, entire, all

on: ゼン
kun: まった.く、すべ.て

6 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
免許	めんきょ menkyo	license; licence; permission
免疫	めんえき men'eki	immunity; immunization; immunisation
免税	めんぜい menzei	tax exemption; duty exemption
免除	めんじょ menjo	exemption; exoneration; discharge
免れる	まぬがれる manugareru	to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from
免責	めんせき menseki	exemption from responsibility
疫病	えきびょう ekibyou	epidemic; plague; pestilence
検疫	けんえき ken'eki	quarantine; medical inspection
不明	ふめい fumei	unclear; obscure; indistinct
全部	ぜんぶ zenbu	all; entire; whole

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.