Japanese symbol for “myopia”
近視
きんし
Romaji: kinshi
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
In Japanese, myopia is 近視, read きんし (kinshi).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “myopia”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 近視眼 | きんしがん kinshigan | myopia |
| 近眼 | きんがん kingan | nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | さいきん saikin | recently; lately; these days |
| 近所 | きんじょ kinjo | neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity |
| 付近 | ふきん fukin | neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity |
| 近い | ちかい chikai | near; close; short (distance) |
| 近代 | きんだい kindai | present day; modern times; recent times |
| 接近 | せっきん sekkin | getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching |
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
| 視点 | してん shiten | point of view; viewpoint; angle |
See also: Chinese symbol for “myopia”.
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.