Japanese symbol for “irritable”
癇の強い
かんのつよい
Romaji: kannotsuyoi
irritable
In Japanese, irritable is 癇の強い, read かんのつよい (kannotsuyoi).
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Meanings
- exp irritable
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “irritable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虫の居所が悪い | むしのいどころがわるい mushinoidokorogawarui | irritable; bad-tempered |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癇癪 | かんしゃく kanshaku | temper; irritability; fit of anger |
| 癲癇 | てんかん tenkan | epilepsy; epileptic fit |
| 子癇 | しかん shikan | eclampsia |
| 癇癖 | かんぺき kanpeki | short temper |
| 癇性 | かんしょう kanshou | irritability; peevishness; irascibility |
| 癇癪持ち | かんしゃくもち kanshakumochi | hot-tempered person |
| 勉強 | べんきょう benkyou | study |
| 強化 | きょうか kyouka | strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement |
See also: Chinese symbol for “irritable”.
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