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仏トン (ふつトン) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仏ふつトン

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Meanings

1

noun

metric ton; tonne

rare term

A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. Rare term; the more common word is メートルトン or simply トン.

See also: メートルトン

この貨か物もつ船せんは一いち万まん仏ふつトンの積せき載さい能のう力りょくがある。
This cargo ship has a capacity of 10,000 metric tons.

Written forms

仏ふつトン
Standard modern spelling for metric ton, using the abbreviation 仏 (France) for the metric system.
仏ふつ噸とん
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling using the character 噸 for ton; rarely used.
仏ふつ屯とん
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling using the character 屯 for ton; rarely used.

Kanji

Buddha, the dead, France

噸tonnage, (kokuji)

屯barracks, police station, camp

Similar words

メートルトン
More common term for metric ton; 仏トン is a rarer synonym.
トン
General term for ton; can refer to various ton units (metric, short, long) depending on context.

Etymology

Compound of 仏 (France, abbreviation for the metric system) and トン (ton). The kanji spellings 仏噸 and 仏屯 are ateji.