黒色人種

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黒	色	人	種
こく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1	しゅ Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
黑色人種 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

黒色(こくしょく) (kokushoku, “black (color)”) + 人種(じんしゅ) (jinshu, “race”)

Noun

黒(こく)色(しょく)人(じん)種(しゅ) • (kokushokujinshu) 

1. (anthropology, dated, now proscribed) the black race; a racial group composed of people with dark skin, mainly of central or southern African ancestry

See also

• 黒人(こくじん) (kokujin, “black person”)
• ネグロイド (neguroido, “negroid”)
• ニグロ (niguro, “negro, black person”, dated, now proscribed)