Japanese symbol for “incurable”
不起
ふき
Romaji: fuki
incurable (illness); bedridden (for the rest of one's days)
In Japanese, incurable is 不起, read ふき (fuki).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n incurable (illness); bedridden (for the rest of one's days)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “incurable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 治療不能 | ちりょうふのう chiryoufunou | untreatable; incurable |
| 治療不可能 | ちりょうふかのう chiryoufukanou | untreatable; incurable |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不明 | ふめい fumei | unclear; obscure; indistinct |
| 不安 | ふあん fuan | anxiety; uneasiness; worry |
| 不足 | ふそく fusoku | insufficiency; deficiency; shortage |
| 不満 | ふまん fuman | dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure |
| 不可能 | ふかのう fukanou | impossible |
| 不思議 | ふしぎ fushigi | wonderful; marvelous; strange |
| 起訴 | きそ kiso | prosecution; indictment |
| 起こる | おこる okoru | to occur; to happen |
See also: Chinese symbol for “incurable”.
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.