Japanese symbol for “balkans”
バルカン半島
バルカンはんとう
Romaji: barukanhantou
Balkans; Balkan Peninsula
In Japanese, balkans is バルカン半島, read バルカンはんとう (barukanhantou).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n Balkans; Balkan Peninsula
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半分 | はんぶん hanbun | half |
| 後半 | こうはん kouhan | second half; latter half |
| 前半 | ぜんはん zenhan | first half |
| 大半 | たいはん taihan | majority; more than half; most (of) |
| 半年 | はんとし hantoshi | half a year; six months |
| 半ば | なかば nakaba | middle; halfway; midway |
| 半島 | はんとう hantou | peninsula |
| 列島 | れっとう rettou | archipelago; chain of islands |
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.
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