食人

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Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
man; person; people
trad. (食人)
simp. #(食人)

Pronunciation


Verb

食人

  1. to eat people
  2. (figurative) to oppress the people

Derived terms

Adjective

食人

  1. man-eating

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょく
Grade: 2
じん
Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょく)(じん) (shokujin

  1. human cannibalism; anthropophagy
    Synonym: カニバリズム (kanibarizumu)

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