Japanese symbol for “mumps”
耳下腺炎
じかせんえん
Romaji: jikasen'en
mumps; parotitis
In Japanese, mumps is 耳下腺炎, read じかせんえん (jikasen'en).
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Meanings
- n mumps; parotitis (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “mumps”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ムンプス | ムンプス munpusu | mumps |
| おたふく風邪 | おたふくかぜ otafukukaze | mumps |
| 流行性耳下腺炎 | りゅうこうせいじかせんえん ryuukouseijikasen'en | epidemic parotitis; mumps |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳元 | みみもと mimimoto | close to the ear |
| 耳目 | じもく jimoku | eyes and ears; seeing and hearing |
| 耳障り | みみざわり mimizawari | hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping |
| 中耳炎 | ちゅうじえん chuujien | otitis media; middle-ear infection |
| 初耳 | はつみみ hatsumimi | something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time |
| 内耳 | ないじ naiji | inner ear |
| 以下 | いか ika | not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under |
| 地下 | ちか chika | underground; below the ground |
| 甲状腺 | こうじょうせん koujousen | thyroid (gland) |
| 肺炎 | はいえん haien | pneumonia |
See also: Chinese symbol for “mumps”.
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.