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Japanese symbol for “torrential”

Romaji: haizen
torrential (rain)

In Japanese, torrential is , read (haizen).

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Meanings

  1. adj-t, adv-to torrential (rain)

Kanji and stroke order

big rain, swamp
on: ハイ
8 strokes
sort of thing, so, if so
on: ゼン、ネン
kun: しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ぞうじてんぱい zoujitenpai(a) moment
しぜん shizennature
とうぜん touzennatural; right; proper
ぜんぜん zenzen(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
とつぜん totsuzenabrupt; sudden; unexpected
てんねん tennennature; spontaneity
ぐうぜん guuzencoincidence; chance; accident

See also: Chinese symbol for “torrential”.

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.