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Chinese symbol for “ballot”

选票
xuǎn piào
Traditional: 選票
a vote; ballot; 张 (zhāng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ballot is 选票 (xuǎn piào), defined as: a vote; ballot; 张 (zhāng).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

选 xuǎn
to select, to elect, to choose; election
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
票 piào
bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper
radical 113 ⽰ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ballot”

WordPinyinMeaning
票piàoticket; ballot
抽签 (抽籤)chōu qiānto perform divination with sticks; to draw lots

Related words

Other words that share a character with 选票.

WordPinyinMeaning
选择 (選擇)xuǎn zéto select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
选举 (選舉)xuǎn jǔto elect; election
当选 (當選)dāng xuǎnto be elected; to be selected
选手 (選手)xuǎn shǒuathlete; contestant
候选人 (候選人)hòu xuǎn réncandidate; measure word: 名 (míng)
选民 (選民)xuǎn mínvoter; constituency
投票tóu piàoto vote; to cast a vote
股票gǔ piàoshare certificate; stock (finance)

See also: Japanese symbol for “ballot”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.