Japanese symbol for “abrupt”
突然
とつぜん
Romaji: totsuzen
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
In Japanese, abrupt is 突然, read とつぜん (totsuzen).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, adv abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “abrupt”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 急 | きゅう kyuu | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 唐突 | とうとつ toutotsu | abrupt; sudden |
| 急激 | きゅうげき kyuugeki | sudden; abrupt; rapid |
| 不意 | ふい fui | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 急遽 | きゅうきょ kyuukyo | sudden; abrupt |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 突破 | とっぱ toppa | breaking through; breakthrough; penetration |
| 衝突 | しょうとつ shoutotsu | collision; crash; impact |
| 突入 | とつにゅう totsunyuu | rushing into; breaking into; storming |
| 突如 | とつじょ totsujo | suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly |
| 突き | つき tsuki | thrust; stab; lunge |
| 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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “abrupt”.
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.