Japanese symbol for “welder”
溶接工
ようせつこう
Romaji: yousetsukou
welder
In Japanese, welder is 溶接工, read ようせつこう (yousetsukou).
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Meanings
- n welder
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “welder”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溶接機 | ようせつき yousetsuki | welder; welding machine |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溶かす | とかす tokasu | to melt; to liquefy; to thaw |
| 溶解 | ようかい youkai | dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical) |
| 溶岩 | ようがん yougan | lava |
| 溶接 | ようせつ yousetsu | welding |
| 溶液 | ようえき youeki | solution (liquid) |
| 溶鉱炉 | ようこうろ youkouro | smelting furnace; blast furnace |
| 直接 | ちょくせつ chokusetsu | direct; immediate; personal |
| 接触 | せっしょく sesshoku | touch; contact; touching |
| 工場 | こうじょう koujou | factory; plant; mill |
See also: Chinese symbol for “welder”.
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.