Japanese symbol for “laxatives”

緩下剤

かんげざい

Romaji: kangezai

laxatives

In Japanese, laxatives is 緩下剤, read かんげざい (kangezai).

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Meanings

n laxatives

Kanji and stroke order

緩

slacken, loosen, relax

on: カン
kun: ゆる.い、ゆる.やか、ゆる.む、ゆる.める

15 strokes · JLPT 1

下

below, down, descend

on: カ、ゲ
kun: した、しも、もと、さ.げる

3 strokes · JLPT 4

剤

dose, medicine, drug

on: ザイ、スイ、セイ
kun: かる、けず.る

10 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
緩和	かんわ kanwa	relief; mitigation; alleviation
緩やか	ゆるやか yuruyaka	loose; slack
緩い	ゆるい yurui	loose
緩む	ゆるむ yurumu	to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
緩慢	かんまん kanman	slow; sluggish; dull
緩急	かんきゅう kankyuu	high and low speed; fast and slow; pace
以下	いか ika	not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under
地下	ちか chika	underground; below the ground
洗剤	せんざい senzai	detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent

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.