Japanese symbol for “natives”
土地の人
とちのひと
Romaji: tochinohito
locals; natives
In Japanese, natives is 土地の人, read とちのひと (tochinohito).
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Meanings
- exp, n locals; natives
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “natives”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土着民 | どちゃくみん dochakumin | indigenous people; native people; natives |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土地 | とち tochi | plot of land; lot; soil |
| 土曜 | どよう doyou | Saturday |
| 領土 | りょうど ryoudo | territory; domain; dominion |
| 国土 | こくど kokudo | country; territory; domain |
| 土産 | みやげ miyage | local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling |
| 土台 | どだい dodai | foundation; base; basis |
| 地域 | ちいき chiiki | area; region; district |
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | Earth; the globe |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
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.