King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “vote”

投票
tóu piào
to vote; to cast a vote

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vote is 投票 (tóu piào), defined as: to vote; to cast a vote.

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

投 tóu
to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
票 piào
bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper
radical 113 ⽰ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “vote”

WordPinyinMeaning
选票 (選票)xuǎn piàoa vote; ballot; 张 (zhāng)
表决 (表決)biǎo juéto decide by vote; to vote
表决权 (表決權)biǎo jué quánright to vote; vote

Related words

Other words that share a character with 投票.

WordPinyinMeaning
投资 (投資)tóu zīinvestment; to invest
投入tóu rùto throw into; to put into
投诉 (投訴)tóu sùto lodge a complaint
投资者 (投資者)tóu zī zhěinvestor
投降tóu xiángto surrender
股票gǔ piàoshare certificate; stock (finance)
选票 (選票)xuǎn piàoa vote; ballot; 张 (zhāng)
门票 (門票)mén piàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “vote”.

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.