Japanese symbol for “canvassing”
勧誘
かんゆう
Romaji: kan'yuu
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing
In Japanese, canvassing is 勧誘, read かんゆう (kan'yuu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “canvassing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 外交 | がいこう gaikou | selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing |
| 選挙運動 | せんきょうんどう senkyoundou | election campaign; political campaign; campaigning |
| 聞き込み捜査 | ききこみそうさ kikikomisousa | (police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勧め | すすめ susume | recommendation; advice; suggestion |
| 勧告 | かんこく kankoku | advice; counsel; remonstrance |
| 勧める | すすめる susumeru | to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage |
| 勧善懲悪 | かんぜんちょうあく kanzenchouaku | rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice |
| 勧業 | かんぎょう kangyou | (encouragement of) industry |
| 誘導 | ゆうどう yuudou | guidance; leading; induction |
| 誘拐 | ゆうかい yuukai | abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping |
| 誘う | さそう sasou | to invite; to ask (someone to do); to call (for) |
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.