Japanese symbol for “smoothing”
整形
せいけい
Romaji: seikei
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery
In Japanese, smoothing is 整形, read せいけい (seikei).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n, vs orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery
- adj-no, n, vs smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “smoothing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| スムージング | スムージング sumuujingu | smoothing |
| 平滑化 | へいかつか heikatsuka | smoothing (of data) |
| 円滑化 | えんかつか enkatsuka | facilitation; smoothing; streamlining |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 調整 | ちょうせい chousei | adjustment; regulation; coordination |
| 整備 | せいび seibi | maintenance; servicing |
| 整理 | せいり seiri | sorting; arrangement; organization |
| 整合 | せいごう seigou | adjustment; coordination; integration |
| 整列 | せいれつ seiretsu | standing in a row; forming a line; alignment |
| 形式 | けいしき keishiki | form (as opposed to substance) |
| 人形 | にんぎょう ningyou | doll; puppet; marionette |
| 形成 | けいせい keisei | formation; molding; making (up) |
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.