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Japanese symbol for “hypothermia”

Romaji: teitaion
hypothermia

In Japanese, hypothermia is , read (teitaion).

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Meanings

  1. n hypothermia (med)

Kanji and stroke order

lower, short, humble
on: テイ
kun: ひく.い、ひく.める、ひく.まる
7 strokes · JLPT 3
body, substance, object
on: タイ、テイ
kun: からだ、かたち
7 strokes · JLPT 3
warm
on: オン
kun: あたた.か、あたた.かい、あたた.まる、あたた.める
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “hypothermia”

WordReadingMeaning
ていたいおんしょう teitaionshouhypothermia

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さいてい saiteileast; lowest; minimum
ていか teikafall; decline; lowering
ひくい hikuilow (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)
ていおん teionlow temperature
さいていげん saiteigenminimum
ていめい teimeihanging low (of clouds)
ぜんたい zentaiwhole; entirety
だんたい dantaigroup; party; team
おんせん onsenhot spring

See also: Chinese symbol for “hypothermia”.

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.