Japanese symbol for “underclass”
底辺層
ていへんそう
Romaji: teihensou
lower classes; proletariat; underclass
In Japanese, underclass is 底辺層, read ていへんそう (teihensou).
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Meanings
- n lower classes; proletariat; underclass
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “underclass”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下民 | げみん gemin | underclass; riffraff |
| 鄙人 | ひなびと hinabito | greedy person; underclass; low-standing person |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness; completeness; consistency |
| 海底 | かいてい kaitei | bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed |
| 到底 | とうてい toutei | (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all |
| 根底 | こんてい kontei | root; basis; foundation |
| 底辺 | ていへん teihen | base (of a polygon) |
| 心底 | しんそこ shinsoko | bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts |
| 周辺 | しゅうへん shuuhen | circumference; outskirts; environs |
| 辺り | あたり atari | (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity |
| 一層 | いっそう issou | even more; still more; all the more |
See also: Chinese symbol for “underclass”.
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.