Japanese symbol for “abolitionist”

全廃論者

ぜんぱいろんしゃ

Romaji: zenpaironsha

abolitionist

In Japanese, abolitionist is 全廃論者, read ぜんぱいろんしゃ (zenpaironsha).

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Meanings

n abolitionist

Kanji and stroke order

全

whole, entire, all

on: ゼン
kun: まった.く、すべ.て

6 strokes · JLPT 2

廃

abolish, obsolete, cessation

on: ハイ
kun: すた.れる、すた.る

12 strokes · JLPT 1

論

argument, discourse

on: ロン
kun: あげつら.う

15 strokes · JLPT 2

者

someone, person

on: シャ
kun: もの

8 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
全部	ぜんぶ zenbu	all; entire; whole
全員	ぜんいん zen'in	all members; all hands; everyone
安全	あんぜん anzen	safety; security
完全	かんぜん kanzen	perfect; complete
全国	ぜんこく zenkoku	the whole country
全体	ぜんたい zentai	whole; entirety
廃止	はいし haishi	abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation
廃棄	はいき haiki	disposal; abandonment; scrapping
議論	ぎろん giron	argument; discussion; dispute
患者	かんじゃ kanja	patient

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.