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Chinese symbol for “adiabatic”

绝热
jué rè
Traditional: 絕熱
to insulate thermally; (physics) adiabatic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adiabatic is 绝热 (jué rè), defined as: to insulate thermally; (physics) adiabatic.

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Characters and stroke order

绝 jué
to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes
热 rè
heat, fever, zeal
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 绝热.

WordPinyinMeaning
绝对 (絕對)jué duìabsolute; unconditional
拒绝 (拒絕)jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject
绝不 (絕不)jué bùin no way; not in the least; absolutely not
绝望 (絕望)jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope
绝大多数 (絕大多數)jué dà duō shùthe vast majority
灭绝 (滅絕)miè juéto become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely
热情 (熱情)rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic
热爱 (熱愛)rè àito love ardently; to adore

See also: Japanese symbol for “adiabatic”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.