Japanese symbol for “myopic”
近視眼的
きんしがんてき
Romaji: kinshiganteki
myopic; short-sighted
In Japanese, myopic is 近視眼的, read きんしがんてき (kinshiganteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na myopic; short-sighted
Kanji and stroke order
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 |
| 眼鏡 | めがね megane | glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
See also: Chinese symbol for “myopic”.
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.