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Japanese symbol for “hissing”

Romaji: hisshingu
hissing

In Japanese, hissing is (hisshingu).

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Meanings

  1. n hissing

Other Japanese words for “hissing”

WordReadingMeaning
シュルシュル shurushururustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing
はんじょう hanjouheckling; jeering; interrupting
じー jiiwhirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing

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.