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Japanese symbol for “adiabatic”

Romaji: dannetsuteki
adiabatic

In Japanese, adiabatic is , read (dannetsuteki).

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Meanings

  1. adj-na adiabatic

Kanji and stroke order

severance, decline, refuse
on: ダン
kun: た.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める
11 strokes · JLPT 2
heat, temperature, fever
on: ネツ
kun: あつ.い
15 strokes · JLPT 2
bull's eye, mark, target
on: テキ
kun: まと
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はんだん handanjudgment; judgement; decision
しんだん shindandiagnosis; medical examination
けつだん ketsudandecision; determination
むだん mudanabsence of permission; lack of permission
ちゅうだん chuudaninterruption; suspension; break
だんねん dannenabandoning (hope, plans); giving up
ねっしん nesshinzealous; enthusiastic; ardent
あつい atsuihot (to the touch)
もくてき mokutekipurpose; goal; aim

See also: Chinese symbol for “adiabatic”.

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.