Japanese symbol for “tuberculosis”
結核
けっかく
Romaji: kekkaku
tuberculosis; TB
In Japanese, tuberculosis is 結核, read けっかく (kekkaku).
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Meanings
- n tuberculosis; TB (med)
- n concretion (geol)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “tuberculosis”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ＴＢ | テー・ベー tee・bee | tuberculosis; TB |
| 結核症 | けっかくしょう kekkakushou | tuberculosis |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 結果 | けっか kekka | result; consequence; outcome |
| 結婚 | けっこん kekkon | marriage |
| 結局 | けっきょく kekkyoku | after all; in the end; ultimately |
| 結構 | けっこう kekkou | splendid; nice; wonderful |
| 結論 | けつろん ketsuron | conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.) |
| 結成 | けっせい kessei | formation; combination |
| 核兵器 | かくへいき kakuheiki | nuclear weapon |
| 中核 | ちゅうかく chuukaku | kernel; core; nucleus |
See also: Chinese symbol for “tuberculosis”.
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.