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Japanese symbol for “locals”

Romaji: jimotomin
locals; local inhabitants

In Japanese, locals is , read (jimotomin).

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 locals; local inhabitants

Kanji and stroke order

ground, earth
on: チ、ジ
6 strokes · JLPT 3
beginning, former time, origin
on: ゲン、ガン
kun: もと
4 strokes · JLPT 3
people, nation, subjects
on: ミン
kun: たみ
5 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “locals”

WordReadingMeaning
とちのひと tochinohitolocals; natives

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ちいき chiikiarea; region; district
ちきゅう chikyuuEarth; the globe
ちほう chihoudistrict; region; area
じもと jimotohome area; home town
じしん jishinearthquake
とち tochiplot of land; lot; soil
げんき genkilively; full of spirit; energetic
じげん jigendimension
こくみん kokuminpeople (of a country); nation; citizen

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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