Japanese symbol for “harbin”

哈爾浜

ハルビン

Romaji: harubin

Harbin (China)

In Japanese, harbin is 哈爾浜, read ハルビン (harubin).

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Meanings

n Harbin (China)

Written forms: 哈爾浜、哈爾賓. Readings: ハルビン、ハルピン.

Kanji and stroke order

哈

school of fish, fish's mouth moving, exhaling sound

on: ゴウ、ハ、ソウ

9 strokes

爾

you, thou, second person

on: ジ、ニ
kun: なんじ、しかり、その、のみ

14 strokes · JLPT 1

浜

seacoast, beach, seashore

on: ヒン
kun: はま

10 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
撒哈拉	サハラ sahara	Sahara
哈日族	ハーリーズー haariizuu	Taiwanese Japanophiles
莞爾	かんじ kanji	smiling
爾来	じらい jirai	since then; after that
亜爾加里	アルカリ arukari	alkali
爾後	じご jigo	thereafter
加爾基	カルキ karuki	chlorinated lime; calcium hypochlorite; chloride of lime
塞爾維	セルビア serubia	Serbia
砂浜	すなはま sunahama	sandy beach

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.