Japanese symbol for “dislocation”
断層
だんそう
Romaji: dansou
fault; dislocation
In Japanese, dislocation is 断層, read だんそう (dansou).
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Meanings
- n fault; dislocation (geol)
- n gap; discrepancy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dislocation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脱臼 | だっきゅう dakkyuu | dislocation |
| 転位 | てんい ten'i | transposition; dislocation; rearrangement |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 判断 | はんだん handan | judgment; judgement; decision |
| 診断 | しんだん shindan | diagnosis; medical examination |
| 決断 | けつだん ketsudan | decision; determination |
| 無断 | むだん mudan | absence of permission; lack of permission |
| 中断 | ちゅうだん chuudan | interruption; suspension; break |
| 断念 | だんねん dannen | abandoning (hope, plans); giving up |
| 一層 | いっそう issou | even more; still more; all the more |
| 高層 | こうそう kousou | high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried |
See also: Chinese symbol for “dislocation”.
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