Japanese symbol for “contemporaries”
時人
じじん
Romaji: jijin
contemporaries
In Japanese, contemporaries is 時人, read じじん (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
- n contemporaries
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “contemporaries”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同期の桜 | どうきのさくら doukinosakura | contemporaries (esp. military cadets); classmates; graduates in the same class |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 時期 | じき jiki | time; season; period |
| 当時 | とうじ touji | at that time; in those days |
| 一時 | いちじ ichiji | one o'clock |
| 同時 | どうじ douji | same time |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 個人 | こじん kojin | individual; 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.