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Japanese symbol for “liquefaction”

Romaji: ekika
liquefaction

In Japanese, liquefaction is , read (ekika).

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Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs liquefaction

Kanji and stroke order

fluid, liquid, juice
on: エキ
11 strokes · JLPT 2
change, take the form of, influence
on: カ、ケ
kun: ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する
4 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “liquefaction”

WordReadingMeaning
えきじょうか ekijoukaliquefaction; liquefy
ゆうかい yuukaimelting; fusion; liquefaction
えきじょうかげんしょう ekijoukagenshouliquefaction
えきたいか ekitaikaliquefaction; fluidification

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
けつえき ketsuekiblood
えきたい ekitailiquid
えきしょう ekishouliquid crystal
せいえき seiekisemen; seminal fluid; sperm
ようえき youekisolution (liquid)
たいえき taiekibody fluid
ぶんか bunkaculture; civilization; civilisation
へんか henkachange; variation; alteration

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.