Japanese symbol for “overhang”
張り出し
はりだし
Romaji: haridashi
overhang
In Japanese, overhang is 張り出し, read はりだし (haridashi).
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 overhang
- n poster; placard; notice
- n extra third or fourth wrestler of certain rank (sumo)
Written forms: 張り出し、張出し、張り出、張出. Readings: はりだし.
Kanji and stroke order
counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread
on: チョウ
kun: は.る、-は.り、-ば.り
kun: は.る、-は.り、-ば.り
11 strokes · JLPT 2
Other Japanese words for “overhang”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 張り出す | はりだす haridasu | to project; to overhang; to stick out |
| 差し掛かる | さしかかる sashikakaru | to overhang; to hang over |
| ハング | ハング hangu | overhang |
| 小屋根 | こやね koyane | small roof (e.g. over the first storey of a building, a window, an attached shed or veranda, etc.); overhang |
| 突出部 | とっしゅつぶ tosshutsubu | extrusion; protrusion; bulge |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主張 | しゅちょう shuchou | claim; insistence; assertion |
| 緊張 | きんちょう kinchou | tension; strain; nervousness |
| 拡張 | かくちょう kakuchou | expansion; extension; enlargement |
| 出張 | しゅっちょう shutchou | business trip; official trip |
| 頑張る | がんばる ganbaru | to persevere; to persist; to keep at it |
| 膨張 | ぼうちょう bouchou | expansion; swelling; increase |
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
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