Word Meaning 隼人

はいと haito

隼人 is read as はいと (haito) and means people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato.

Meaning

English

  1. people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato

Reading

Kana

はいと

Romaji

haito

Writing Variants

  • 隼人 はやと hayato
  • 隼人 はやひと hayahito

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 131328 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

隼人瓜

はやとうり

chayote (Sechium edule)

はやぶさ

falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)

素人

しらびと

respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)

玄人

くろと

woman in the nightlife business

凡人

ぼんじん

ordinary person

狩人

かりうど

hunter

囚人

めしうど

prisoner

貴人

きじん

aristocrat

邦人

ほうじん

Japanese national (esp. abroad)

詩人

しじん

poet

保証人

ほしょうにん

guarantor

隣人

りんじん

neighbour