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Japanese symbol for “overheating”

Romaji: kanetsu
overheating; excessive heating

In Japanese, overheating is , read (kanetsu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs overheating; excessive heating
  2. n, vi, vs superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil) (physics)
  3. n, vi, vs going to excess; running too hot; overheating (of an economy, debate, etc.)

Kanji and stroke order

overdo, exceed, go beyond
on: カ
kun: す.ぎる、す.ごす、あやま.ち、あやま.つ
12 strokes · JLPT 2
heat, temperature, fever
on: ネツ
kun: あつ.い
15 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “overheating”

WordReadingMeaning
オーバーヒート oobaahiitooverheating
ねつぼうそう netsubousouoverheating

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
かこ kakothe past; bygone days
すぎ sugipast; after
かてい kateiprocess; course; mechanism
けいか keikapassage (of time); elapsing; lapse
つうか tsuukapassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit
かじょう kajouexcess; surplus; superabundance
ねっしん nesshinzealous; enthusiastic; ardent
あつい atsuihot (to the touch)

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.

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