Japanese symbol for “overweight”
過重
かじゅう
Romaji: kajuu
overweight; too heavy (burden, workload, etc.); too severe
In Japanese, overweight is 過重, read かじゅう (kajuu).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n overweight; too heavy (burden, workload, etc.); too severe
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “overweight”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太りすぎ | ふとりすぎ futorisugi | overweight |
| メタボ | メタボ metabo | overweight |
| オーバーウェイト | オーバーウェイト oobaaweito | overweight |
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 |
| 重要 | じゅうよう juuyou | important; essential; significant |
| 体重 | たいじゅう taijuu | (body) weight |
See also: Chinese symbol for “overweight”.
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.