Japanese symbol for “pewter”
半田
はんだ
Romaji: handa
solder; pewter
In Japanese, pewter is 半田, read はんだ (handa).
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Meanings
- n solder; pewter
Written forms: 半田、盤陀. Readings: はんだ、ハンダ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pewter”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ピューター | ピューター pyuutaa | pewter |
| 白鑞 | しろめ shirome | pewter; solder |
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 |
| 田舎 | いなか inaka | rural area; countryside; the sticks |
| 水田 | すいでん suiden | (water-filled) paddy field |
See also: Chinese symbol for “pewter”.
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.