Japanese symbol for “gentile”
異邦人
いほうじん
Romaji: ihoujin
foreigner
In Japanese, gentile is 異邦人, read いほうじん (ihoujin).
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 foreigner
- n stranger
- n gentile; goy; non-Jew
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 異常 | いじょう ijou | abnormal; unusual; extraordinary |
| 異性 | いせい isei | the opposite sex |
| 特異 | とくい tokui | unique; peculiar; singular |
| 異動 | いどう idou | (personnel) change; transfer; relocation |
| 異なる | ことなる kotonaru | to differ; to be different; to disagree |
| 異端 | いたん itan | heresy; nonconformism; heathenism |
| 連邦 | れんぽう renpou | federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth |
| 邦人 | ほうじん houjin | Japanese national (esp. abroad) |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
See also: Chinese symbol for “gentile”.
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.