Japanese symbol for “westerners”
欧米人
おうべいじん
Romaji: oubeijin
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
In Japanese, westerners is 欧米人, read おうべいじん (oubeijin).
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Meanings
- n Europeans and Americans; Westerners
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欧州 | おうしゅう oushuu | Europe |
| 東欧 | とうおう touou | Eastern Europe |
| 西欧 | せいおう seiou | Western Europe |
| 北欧 | ほくおう hokuou | Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia |
| 欧米 | おうべい oubei | Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West |
| 南欧 | なんおう nan'ou | Southern Europe |
| 米国 | べいこく beikoku | (United States of) America; USA; US |
| 新米 | しんまい shinmai | new rice; first rice crop of the year |
| 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.