Japanese symbol for “humanities”
人文科学
じんぶんかがく
Romaji: jinbunkagaku
humanities; arts
In Japanese, humanities is 人文科学, read じんぶんかがく (jinbunkagaku).
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Meanings
- n humanities; arts
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “humanities”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人文学 | じんぶんがく jinbungaku | humanities; arts |
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 |
| 文化 | ぶんか bunka | culture; civilization; civilisation |
| 文字 | もじ moji | letter (of an alphabet); character |
| 科学 | かがく kagaku | science |
| 学校 | がっこう gakkou | school |
See also: Chinese symbol for “humanities”.
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.