Japanese symbol for “cannibals”
人食い人種
ひとくいじんしゅ
Romaji: hitokuijinshu
cannibals
In Japanese, cannibals is 人食い人種, read ひとくいじんしゅ (hitokuijinshu).
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Meanings
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Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cannibals”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食人種 | しょくじんしゅ shokujinshu | cannibals |
| 食人族 | しょくじんぞく shokujinzoku | cannibals; cannibal tribe |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 個人 | こじん kojin | individual; private person; personal |
| 人気 | にんき ninki | popularity; public favor |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 人々 | ひとびと hitobito | people; men and women |
| 大人 | おとな otona | adult; grown-up |
| 食事 | しょくじ shokuji | meal (e.g. lunch, dinner) |
| 食品 | しょくひん shokuhin | food; food products; foodstuffs |
| 種類 | しゅるい shurui | variety; kind; type |
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.