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How to say 'Fever' in Japanese | 発熱

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The Japanese word for Fever is 'Hatsunetsu', written as 発熱 in Japanese.'Fever' in hiragana is はつねつ.

    word

    発熱

    Meaning

    Fever

    Reading

    はつねつ

    hatsunetsu

    Kanji

    発Departure 熱Heat, Temperature

    Explanation

    The Japanese verbal noun '発熱 (はつねつ)' refers to the state of having a fever or the act of generating heat. It is commonly used in medical contexts to describe a rise in body temperature due to illness. For example: I have a fever「私は発熱しています」(わたしははつねつしています). The machine generates heat「その機械は発熱する」(そのきかいははつねつする). Note that this word can also be used in technical contexts to describe heat generation in devices or systems.

    Part Of Speech

    verbal noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    5982

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 発熱

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    発

    Meaning

    Departure

  • kanji

    熱

    Meaning

    Heat, Temperature

Words Related to 発熱 Through the Kanji 発

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 発 as well.

  • word

    開発

    Meaning

    Development

  • word

    発生

    Meaning

    Occurrence

  • word

    発言

    Meaning

    Statement

  • word

    発見

    Meaning

    Discovery

  • word

    出発

    Meaning

    Departure

  • word

    発表

    Meaning

    Announcement

  • word

    発する

    Meaning

    Emit

  • word

    発

    Meaning

    Departure

  • word

    発揮

    Meaning

    Demonstration

  • word

    発想

    Meaning

    Idea

  • word

    発送

    Meaning

    Shipment

  • word

    始発

    Meaning

    First departure

  • word

    活発

    Meaning

    Lively

  • word

    発売

    Meaning

    Sale

  • word

    発行

    Meaning

    Issue, Publication

  • word

    発達

    Meaning

    Development

  • word

    発明

    Meaning

    Invention

  • word

    発電

    Meaning

    Power generation

  • word

    発電所

    Meaning

    Power plant

  • word

    発音

    Meaning

    Pronunciation

  • word

    反発

    Meaning

    Rejection, Rebound

  • word

    発掘

    Meaning

    Excavation

  • word

    発射

    Meaning

    Launch

  • word

    発足

    Meaning

    Start, Launch

  • word

    発信

    Meaning

    Transmission

  • word

    発展

    Meaning

    Development

  • word

    爆発

    Meaning

    Explosion

Words Related to 発熱 Through the Kanji 熱

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 熱 as well.

  • word

    熱

    Meaning

    Heat, Fever

  • word

    熱い

    Meaning

    Hot

  • word

    熱心

    Meaning

    Enthusiastic

  • word

    熱する

    Meaning

    Heat

  • word

    情熱

    Meaning

    Passion

  • word

    熱帯

    Meaning

    Tropics

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'Hatsunetsu' means 'Fever' .

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