Japanese symbol for “peacetime”
平時
へいじ
Romaji: heiji
peacetime; time of peace
In Japanese, peacetime is 平時, read へいじ (heiji).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n peacetime; time of peace
- adj-no, n ordinary times; normal times
Kanji and stroke order
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 |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
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.