Japanese symbol for “postmenopausal”

閉経後

へいけいご

Romaji: heikeigo

postmenopausal

In Japanese, postmenopausal is 閉経後, read へいけいご (heikeigo).

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Meanings

adj-no postmenopausal

Kanji and stroke order

閉

closed, shut

on: ヘイ
kun: と.じる、と.ざす、し.める、し.まる

11 strokes · JLPT 2

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

後

behind, back, later

on: ゴ、コウ
kun: のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと

9 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
閉鎖	へいさ heisa	closing; closure
閉店	へいてん heiten	closing up shop (for the day)
閉会	へいかい heikai	closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
閉じる	とじる tojiru	to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
閉塞	へいそく heisoku	blockage; blockade; blocking up
閉める	しめる shimeru	to close; to shut
経済	けいざい keizai	economy; economics
経験	けいけん keiken	experience
最後	さいご saigo	end; conclusion

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.