Japanese symbol for “parquet”

平土間

ひらどま

Romaji: hiradoma

seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

In Japanese, parquet is 平土間, read ひらどま (hiradoma).

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Meanings

n seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

Kanji and stroke order

平

even, flat, peace

on: ヘイ、ビョウ、ヒョウ
kun: たい.ら、たい.らげる、ひら

5 strokes · JLPT 2

土

soil, earth, ground

on: ド、ト
kun: つち

3 strokes · JLPT 4

間

interval, space

on: カン、ケン
kun: あいだ、ま、あい

12 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
平和	へいわ heiwa	peace; harmony
平均	へいきん heikin	average; mean
平成	へいせい heisei	Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
平日	へいじつ heijitsu	weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday)
平野	へいや heiya	plain; open field
公平	こうへい kouhei	fair; impartial; just
土地	とち tochi	plot of land; lot; soil
土曜	どよう doyou	Saturday
時間	じかん jikan	time

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.