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Chinese symbol for “welder”

焊工
hàn gōng
welder; solderer; measure word: 名 (míng); welding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for welder is 焊工 (hàn gōng), defined as: welder; solderer; measure word: 名 (míng); welding.

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Characters and stroke order

焊 hàn
to solder, to weld
radical 86 ⽕ · 11 strokes
工 gōng
labor, work; laborer, worker
radical 48 ⼯ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 焊工.

WordPinyinMeaning
焊接hàn jiēto weld; welding
电焊 (電焊)diàn hànelectric welding
焊点 (焊點)hàn diǎnwelding point; (electronics) solder joint
焊枪 (焊槍)hàn qiāngwelding torch
焊料hàn liàosolder
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry
工程gōng chéngengineering; an engineering project

See also: Japanese symbol for “welder”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.