Japanese symbol for “perfusion”
灌流
かんりゅう
Romaji: kanryuu
perfusion
In Japanese, perfusion is 灌流, read かんりゅう (kanryuu).
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Meanings
- n perfusion (med)
Written forms: 灌流、潅流、かん流. Readings: かんりゅう.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灌漑 | かんがい kangai | irrigation |
| 灌木 | かんぼく kanboku | bush; shrub |
| 灌頂 | かんじょう kanjou | baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood |
| 灌漑用水 | かんがいようすい kangaiyousui | irrigation water |
| 湯灌 | ゆかん yukan | washing a corpse for burial |
| 流れ | ながれ nagare | flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current |
| 交流 | こうりゅう kouryuu | exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction |
| 流行 | りゅうこう ryuukou | fashion; trend; vogue |
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.