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Japanese symbol for “blackout”

Romaji: teiden
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout

In Japanese, blackout is , read (teiden).

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

  1. n, vi, vs power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout

Kanji and stroke order

halt, stopping
on: テイ
kun: と.める、と.まる
11 strokes · JLPT 2
electricity
on: デン
13 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “blackout”

WordReadingMeaning
あんてん anten(theatrical) blackout
とうかかんせい toukakanseiblackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)
でんげんそうしつ dengensoushitsuloss of power; power outage; blackout
ブラックアウト burakkuautoblackout
ダークチェンジ daakuchenji(theatrical) blackout

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ていし teishistoppage; coming to a stop; halt
ちょうてい chouteimediation; arbitration; intervention
ていたい teitaistagnation; tie-up; standstill
ていしゃ teishastopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
ていせん teisenarmistice; ceasefire
でんわ denwatelephone call; phone call
でんしゃ denshatrain; electric train
でんき denkielectricity

See also: Chinese symbol for “blackout”.

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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