Japanese symbol for “powertrain”
駆動系
くどうけい
Romaji: kudoukei
drive-line; powertrain
In Japanese, powertrain is 駆動系, read くどうけい (kudoukei).
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Meanings
- n drive-line; powertrain
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “powertrain”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| パワートレイン | パワートレイン pawaatorein | power train; powertrain |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 駆逐 | くちく kuchiku | expulsion; driving out; driving away |
| 駆使 | くし kushi | using freely; making full use of; having a good command of |
| 駆動 | くどう kudou | drive; driving (force) |
| 駆ける | かける kakeru | to run; to dash; to race |
| 駆け引き | かけひき kakehiki | bargaining; haggling |
| 駆除 | くじょ kujo | extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil) |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 系列 | けいれつ keiretsu | series; sequence; system |
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.