Japanese symbol for “percutaneous”

経皮的

けいひてき

Romaji: keihiteki

percutaneous; transcutaneous

In Japanese, percutaneous is 経皮的, read けいひてき (keihiteki).

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Meanings

adj-na percutaneous; transcutaneous (med)

Kanji and stroke order

経

sutra, longitude, pass thru

on: ケイ、キョウ、キン
kun: へ.る、た.つ、たていと、はか.る

11 strokes · JLPT 2

皮

pelt, skin, hide

on: ヒ
kun: かわ

5 strokes · JLPT 2

的

bull's eye, mark, target

on: テキ
kun: まと

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “percutaneous”

Word	Reading	Meaning
経皮	けいひ keihi	percutaneous

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
経済	けいざい keizai	economy; economics
経験	けいけん keiken	experience
経営	けいえい keiei	management; administration; operation
神経	しんけい shinkei	nerve
経過	けいか keika	passage (of time); elapsing; lapse
経由	けいゆ keiyu	going through; going via; going by way of
皮膚	ひふ hifu	skin
皮肉	ひにく hiniku	irony; sarcasm; cynicism
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim

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.