Japanese symbol for “overdose”
過量
かりょう
Romaji: karyou
overdose; overdosage
In Japanese, overdose is 過量, read かりょう (karyou).
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Meanings
- n overdose; overdosage
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “overdose”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過剰摂取 | かじょうせっしゅ kajousesshu | overdose; excessive consumption |
| ＯＤ | オー・ディー oo・dii | overdose; OD |
| オーバードーズ | オーバードーズ oobaadoozu | overdose |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 過ぎ | すぎ sugi | past; after |
| 過程 | かてい katei | process; course; mechanism |
| 経過 | けいか keika | passage (of time); elapsing; lapse |
| 通過 | つうか tsuuka | passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit |
| 過剰 | かじょう kajou | excess; surplus; superabundance |
| 大量 | たいりょう tairyou | large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction) |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
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.