Japanese symbol for “gust”
突風
とっぷう
Romaji: toppuu
gust (of wind); blast
In Japanese, gust is 突風, read とっぷう (toppuu).
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Meanings
- n gust (of wind); blast
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “gust”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煽り | あおり aori | gust (of wind); blast |
| ガスト | ガスト gasuto | gust |
| 陣風 | じんぷう jinpuu | gust; gale |
| 風巻く | しまく shimaku | to gust; to blow violently |
| 一吹き | ひとふき hitofuki | blast; puff; whiff |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 突然 | とつぜん totsuzen | abrupt; sudden; unexpected |
| 突破 | とっぱ toppa | breaking through; breakthrough; penetration |
| 衝突 | しょうとつ shoutotsu | collision; crash; impact |
| 突入 | とつにゅう totsunyuu | rushing into; breaking into; storming |
| 突如 | とつじょ totsujo | suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly |
| 突き | つき tsuki | thrust; stab; lunge |
| 台風 | たいふう taifuu | typhoon; hurricane |
| 風景 | ふうけい fuukei | scenery; scene; landscape |
See also: Chinese symbol for “gust”.
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.