Japanese symbol for “isolated”
遠隔
えんかく
Romaji: enkaku
distant; remote; isolated
In Japanese, isolated is 遠隔, read えんかく (enkaku).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-no, n distant; remote; isolated
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “isolated”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寂しい | さびしい sabishii | desolate; deserted; lonely (e.g. place) |
| ポツリ | ポツリ potsuri | isolated; standing alone |
| 塊然 | かいぜん kaizen | isolated; immobile |
| 孑然 | けつぜん ketsuzen | isolated; alone; helpless |
| 局地的 | きょくちてき kyokuchiteki | local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永遠 | えいえん eien | eternity; perpetuity; permanence |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ enryo | reserve; constraint; restraint |
| 遠い | とおい tooi | far; distant; far away |
| 望遠鏡 | ぼうえんきょう bouenkyou | telescope |
| 遠征 | えんせい ensei | (military) expedition; campaign |
| 敬遠 | けいえん keien | pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; giving a wide berth |
| 間隔 | かんかく kankaku | space; interval |
| 隔離 | かくり kakuri | isolation; segregation; separation |
See also: Chinese symbol for “isolated”.
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.
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