Japanese symbol for “untied”
渙然
かんぜん
Romaji: kanzen
untied; undone
In Japanese, untied is 渙然, read かんぜん (kanzen).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-t, adv-to untied; undone
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大詔渙発 | たいしょうかんぱつ taishoukanpatsu | promulgation of an Imperial rescript |
| 渙散 | かんさん kansan | lysis |
| 風水渙 | ふうすいかん fuusuikan | huan (hexagram 59 of the I Ching: dispersion) |
| 自然 | しぜん shizen | nature |
| 当然 | とうぜん touzen | natural; right; proper |
| 全然 | ぜんぜん zenzen | (not) at all; (not) in the slightest |
| 突然 | とつぜん totsuzen | abrupt; sudden; unexpected |
| 天然 | てんねん tennen | nature; spontaneity |
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.
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