Japanese symbol for “fir”
遠赤外線
えんせきがいせん
Romaji: ensekigaisen
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
In Japanese, fir is 遠赤外線, read えんせきがいせん (ensekigaisen).
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Meanings
- n far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永遠 | えいえん eien | eternity; perpetuity; permanence |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ enryo | reserve; constraint; restraint |
| 遠い | とおい tooi | far; distant; far away |
| 望遠鏡 | ぼうえんきょう bouenkyou | telescope |
| 遠征 | えんせい ensei | (military) expedition; campaign |
| 敬遠 | けいえん keien | pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; giving a wide berth |
| 赤ちゃん | あかちゃん akachan | baby; infant |
| 赤い | あかい akai | red; crimson; scarlet |
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん shinkansen | Shinkansen; bullet train |
See also: Chinese symbol for “fir”.
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.