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Japanese symbol for “contemporaries”

Romaji: jijin
contemporaries

In Japanese, contemporaries is , read (jijin).

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 contemporaries

Kanji and stroke order

time, hour
on: ジ
kun: とき、-どき
10 strokes · JLPT 4
person
on: ジン、ニン
kun: ひと、-り、-と
2 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “contemporaries”

WordReadingMeaning
どうきのさくら doukinosakuracontemporaries (esp. military cadets); classmates; graduates in the same class

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じかん jikantime
じだい jidaiperiod; epoch; era
じき jikitime; season; period
とうじ toujiat that time; in those days
いちじ ichijione o'clock
どうじ doujisame time
にんげん ningenhuman being; human; person
こじん kojinindividual; private person; personal

See also: Chinese symbol for “contemporaries”.

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.

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