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Japanese symbol for “piping”

Romaji: haikan
plumbing; piping

In Japanese, piping is , read (haikan).

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

  1. n, vi, vs plumbing; piping

Kanji and stroke order

distribute, spouse, exile
on: ハイ
kun: くば.る
10 strokes · JLPT 2
pipe, tube, wind instrument
on: カン
kun: くだ
14 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “piping”

WordReadingMeaning
パイピング paipingupiping

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しんぱい shinpaiworry; concern; anxiety
しはい shihairule; domination; control
はいち haichiarrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing
はいりょ hairyoconsideration; concern; attention
はいふ haifudistribution
けはい kehaiindication; sign; hint
かんり kanricontrol; management (e.g. of a business)
ほかん hokancharge; custody; safekeeping

See also: Chinese symbol for “piping”.

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.