Japanese symbol for “intubation”
挿管
そうかん
Romaji: soukan
intubation; cannulation
In Japanese, intubation is 挿管, read そうかん (soukan).
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Meanings
- n intubation; cannulation (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “intubation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 気管挿管 | きかんそうかん kikansoukan | tracheal intubation; intubation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挿入 | そうにゅう sounyuu | insertion; interposition; interpolation |
| 挿絵 | さしえ sashie | illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture |
| 挿話 | そうわ souwa | episode; side story; story within a story |
| 挿す | さす sasu | to insert; to put in |
| 挿し木 | さしき sashiki | cutting; planting (a cutting) |
| 管理 | かんり kanri | control; management (e.g. of a business) |
| 保管 | ほかん hokan | charge; custody; safekeeping |
| 血管 | けっかん kekkan | blood vessel; vein |
See also: Chinese symbol for “intubation”.
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