Japanese symbol for “campaigning”
選挙運動
せんきょうんどう
Romaji: senkyoundou
election campaign; political campaign; campaigning; electioneering
In Japanese, campaigning is 選挙運動, read せんきょうんどう (senkyoundou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs election campaign; political campaign; campaigning; electioneering; canvassing
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 選手 | せんしゅ senshu | player (of a sport); athlete; team member |
| 選挙 | せんきょ senkyo | election |
| 選択 | せんたく sentaku | choice; selection; option |
| 選ぶ | えらぶ erabu | to choose; to select; to pick (out) |
| 当選 | とうせん tousen | being elected |
| 予選 | よせん yosen | preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial |
| 一挙 | いっきょ ikkyo | one effort; one action |
| 快挙 | かいきょ kaikyo | brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment |
| 運動 | うんどう undou | exercise; physical training; workout |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
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.