Japanese symbol for “necrosis”
壊死
えし
Romaji: eshi
necrosis
In Japanese, necrosis is 壊死, read えし (eshi).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vi, vs necrosis (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “necrosis”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ネクローシス | ネクローシス nekurooshisu | necrosis |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破壊 | はかい hakai | destruction; disruption |
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | collapse; crumbling; breaking down |
| 壊す | こわす kowasu | to break; to destroy; to demolish |
| 壊れる | こわれる kowareru | to be broken; to break; to fall apart |
| 壊滅 | かいめつ kaimetsu | (complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation |
| 倒壊 | とうかい toukai | destruction; collapse; crumbling |
| 死亡 | しぼう shibou | death; dying; mortality |
| 必死 | ひっし hisshi | frantic; frenetic; desperate |
See also: Chinese symbol for “necrosis”.
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.