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Japanese symbol for “indian”

Romaji: indian
(American) Indian; Native American

In Japanese, indian is (indian).

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Meanings

  1. n (American) Indian; Native American
  2. adj-f Indian

Written forms: . Readings: .

Other Japanese words for “indian”

WordReadingMeaning
インドじん indojinIndian (person)
インディアンざ indianzaIndus (constellation); the Indian

See also: Chinese symbol for “indian”.

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.