Word Meaning 人食い

ひとくい hitokui

人食い is read as ひとくい (hitokui) and means cannibalism.

Meaning

English

  1. cannibalism
  2. biting (someone)
  3. man-eating (e.g. tiger)
  4. cannibalistic

Reading

Kana

ひとくい

Romaji

hitokui

Writing Variants

  • 人喰 ひとくい hitokui
  • 人喰い ひとくい hitokui

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms カニバリズム,食人,人喰い Rank 23650 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人違い

ひとちがい

mistaking one person for another

人形遣い

にんぎょうづかい

puppet operator

人々

ひとびと

each person

人生

じんせい

(one's) life

人間

にんげん

character (of a person)

人気

にんき

popularity

ひと

human (Homo sapiens)

人出

ひとで

crowd

人前

ひとまえ

presence of other people

人名

じんめい

person's name

じん

-er (e.g. performer, etc.)

Example Sentences

4

If you go into the forest, watch out for the man-eating ogres!

If you go into the forest, watch out for the man-eating ogres!

Three missionaries were killed and eaten by cannibals.

The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.