Japanese symbol for “intolerant”
狭量
きょうりょう
Romaji: kyouryou
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
In Japanese, intolerant is 狭量, read きょうりょう (kyouryou).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “intolerant”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 器の小さい | うつわのちいさい utsuwanochiisai | intolerant; small-minded; inflexible |
| 器が小さい | うつわがちいさい utsuwagachiisai | intolerant; small-minded; inflexible |
| 心の狭い | こころのせまい kokoronosemai | narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded |
| 狭隘 | きょうあい kyouai | narrow-minded; intolerant |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狭い | せまい semai | narrow; confined; small |
| 狭間 | はざま hazama | gap; narrow space between things; interstice |
| 偏狭 | へんきょう henkyou | narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality |
| 狭める | せばめる sebameru | to narrow; to reduce; to contract |
| 狭心症 | きょうしんしょう kyoushinshou | angina pectoris |
| 手狭 | てぜま tezema | narrow; small; cramped |
| 大量 | たいりょう tairyou | large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction) |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
See also: Chinese symbol for “intolerant”.
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