Japanese symbol for “incontinence”
失禁
しっきん
Romaji: shikkin
incontinence
In Japanese, incontinence is 失禁, read しっきん (shikkin).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n, vi incontinence
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “incontinence”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂れ流し | たれながし tarenagashi | incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants |
| 尻癖 | しりくせ shirikuse | incontinence; promiscuity |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失敗 | しっぱい shippai | failure; mistake; blunder |
| 損失 | そんしつ sonshitsu | loss (of assets, profit, etc.) |
| 失う | うしなう ushinau | to lose |
| 失業 | しつぎょう shitsugyou | unemployment |
| 失礼 | しつれい shitsurei | discourtesy; impoliteness |
| 喪失 | そうしつ soushitsu | loss; forfeit |
| 禁止 | きんし kinshi | prohibition; inhibition; ban |
| 禁煙 | きんえん kin'en | abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking |
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.