Japanese symbol for “poet”
詩人
しじん
Romaji: shijin
poet
In Japanese, poet is 詩人, read しじん (shijin).
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Meanings
- n poet
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “poet”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歌人 | かじん kajin | poet (of tanka poems) |
| 文人 | ふみびと fumibito | person of letters; poet |
| ポエマー | ポエマー poemaa | poet |
| ポエット | ポエット poetto | poet |
| 歌人 | うたびと utabito | poet |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 詩歌 | しいか shiika | Japanese and Chinese poetry |
| 詩集 | ししゅう shishuu | poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems |
| 叙事詩 | じょじし jojishi | epic (poem); epic poetry |
| 漢詩 | かんし kanshi | Chinese poem; Chinese poetry |
| 風物詩 | ふうぶつし fuubutsushi | feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season |
| 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 |
See also: Chinese symbol for “poet”.
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.