Japanese symbol for “audience”
聴衆
ちょうしゅう
Romaji: choushuu
audience; attendance; hearers
In Japanese, audience is 聴衆, read ちょうしゅう (choushuu).
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Meanings
- n audience; attendance; hearers
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “audience”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会見 | かいけん kaiken | interview; audience; meeting |
| 観客 | かんきゃく kankyaku | spectator; audience |
| 接見 | せっけん sekken | (official) audience; interview; reception |
| 聞き手 | ききて kikite | hearer; listener; audience |
| 客 | きゃく kyaku | customer; client; shopper |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 視聴 | しちょう shichou | looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching |
| 聴覚 | ちょうかく choukaku | (sense of) hearing; auditory perception |
| 傍聴 | ぼうちょう bouchou | listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting) |
| 聴取 | ちょうしゅ choushu | hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect) |
| 盗聴 | とうちょう touchou | interception (email); wiretap; bug |
| 大衆 | たいしゅう taishuu | general public; the masses |
| 民衆 | みんしゅう minshuu | people; populace; masses |
| 衆議院 | しゅうぎいん shuugiin | House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “audience”.
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