Japanese symbol for “inflammation”
炎症
えんしょう
Romaji: enshou
inflammation; irritation
In Japanese, inflammation is 炎症, read えんしょう (enshou).
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Meanings
- n inflammation; irritation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “inflammation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爛れ | ただれ tadare | sore; inflammation; ulceration |
| 焮衝 | きんしょう kinshou | inflammation; irritation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺炎 | はいえん haien | pneumonia |
| 炎上 | えんじょう enjou | going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building) |
| 肝炎 | かんえん kan'en | hepatitis |
| 火炎 | かえん kaen | flame; blaze |
| 火炎瓶 | かえんびん kaenbin | Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb |
| 症状 | しょうじょう shoujou | symptoms; condition (of a patient) |
| 重症 | じゅうしょう juushou | serious illness |
| 症候群 | しょうこうぐん shoukougun | syndrome |
See also: Chinese symbol for “inflammation”.
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.