Japanese symbol for “blitz”
電撃
でんげき
Romaji: dengeki
electric shock
In Japanese, blitz is 電撃, read でんげき (dengeki).
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Meanings
- n electric shock
- adj-f, n blitz; lightning attack
- adj-f sudden and without warning; shocking
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “blitz”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ブリッツ | ブリッツ burittsu | blitz |
| 大空襲 | だいくうしゅう daikuushuu | major air raid; blitz |
| 電撃戦 | でんげきせん dengekisen | blitzkrieg; blitz; lightning war |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 電話 | でんわ denwa | telephone call; phone call |
| 電車 | でんしゃ densha | train; electric train |
| 電気 | でんき denki | electricity |
| 電子 | でんし denshi | electron |
| 電力 | でんりょく denryoku | electric power |
| 発電 | はつでん hatsuden | generation of electricity; power generation |
| 攻撃 | こうげき kougeki | attack; assault; raid |
| 衝撃 | しょうげき shougeki | impact; shock; impulse |
See also: Chinese symbol for “blitz”.
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.