寒暖計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3
だん
Grade: 6
けい
Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

(かん) (kan, coldness) + (だん) (dan, warmth) + (けい) (kei, measuring instrument)

Noun

(かん)(だん)(けい) • (kandankei

  1. A typically alcohol-based outdoor (or indoor) thermometer.
  2. (obsolete, before 1949) The general word for thermometer; superseded by (おん)()(けい) (ondokei).