Japanese symbol for “unintelligible”
難解
なんかい
Romaji: nankai
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
In Japanese, unintelligible is 難解, read なんかい (nankai).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “unintelligible”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分かりにくい | わかりにくい wakarinikui | hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible |
| 詰屈 | きっくつ kikkutsu | hard to understand; unintelligible |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 難しい | むずかしい muzukashii | difficult; hard; troublesome |
| 困難 | こんなん konnan | difficulty; hardship; trouble |
| 避難 | ひなん hinan | taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation |
| 非難 | ひなん hinan | criticism; blame; censure |
| 難民 | なんみん nanmin | refugee; displaced person |
| 盗難 | とうなん tounan | theft; robbery |
| 理解 | りかい rikai | understanding; comprehension; appreciation |
| 解決 | かいけつ kaiketsu | settlement; solution; resolution |
See also: Chinese symbol for “unintelligible”.
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.