Japanese symbol for “malnutrition”
栄養失調
えいようしっちょう
Romaji: eiyoushitchou
malnutrition
In Japanese, malnutrition is 栄養失調, read えいようしっちょう (eiyoushitchou).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n malnutrition
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “malnutrition”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栄養不足 | えいようぶそく eiyoubusoku | malnutrition |
| 栄養不良 | えいようふりょう eiyoufuryou | malnutrition; malnourishment |
| 低栄養 | ていえいよう teieiyou | undernutrition; undernourishment; malnutrition |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栄養 | えいよう eiyou | nutrition; nourishment |
| 繁栄 | はんえい han'ei | prosperity; thriving; flourishing |
| 栄光 | えいこう eikou | glory |
| 見栄 | みえ mie | show; display; pretensions |
| 光栄 | こうえい kouei | honour; honor; glory |
| 栄え | はえ hae | glory; splendour; honour |
| 教養 | きょうよう kyouyou | (understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation |
| 養成 | ようせい yousei | training; education; development |
| 失敗 | しっぱい shippai | failure; mistake; blunder |
| 調査 | ちょうさ chousa | investigation; examination; inquiry |
See also: Chinese symbol for “malnutrition”.
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.