Japanese symbol for “rcd”
漏電遮断器
ろうでんしゃだんき
Romaji: roudenshadanki
earth leakage circuit breaker; ground fault circuit interrupter; GFCI; residual current device
In Japanese, rcd is 漏電遮断器, read ろうでんしゃだんき (roudenshadanki).
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Meanings
- n earth leakage circuit breaker; ground fault circuit interrupter; GFCI; residual current device; RCD
Written forms: 漏電遮断器、漏電しゃ断器. Readings: ろうでんしゃだんき.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漏らす | もらす morasu | to let leak; to let out (e.g. light) |
| 雨漏り | あまもり amamori | roof leak |
| 漏洩 | ろうえい rouei | leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging |
| 漏れ | もれ more | leak; leakage |
| 漏れる | もれる moreru | to leak out; to escape; to come through |
| 漏出 | ろうしゅつ roushutsu | leaking out; leakage; leak |
| 電話 | でんわ denwa | telephone call; phone call |
| 電車 | でんしゃ densha | train; electric train |
| 遮断 | しゃだん shadan | isolation; cut off; blockade |
| 判断 | はんだん handan | judgment; judgement; decision |
| 武器 | ぶき buki | weapon; arms; ordnance |
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.