Japanese symbol for “census”
国勢調査
こくせいちょうさ
Romaji: kokuseichousa
(national) census
In Japanese, census is 国勢調査, read こくせいちょうさ (kokuseichousa).
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Meanings
- n (national) census
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “census”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戸籍 | こせき koseki | census |
| センサス | センサス sensasu | census |
| 人口調査 | じんこうちょうさ jinkouchousa | census |
| 人別改 | にんべつあらため ninbetsuaratame | census (Edo period) |
| 全数調査 | ぜんすうちょうさ zensuuchousa | full-count survey; complete enumeration; census |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 国民 | こくみん kokumin | people (of a country); nation; citizen |
| 国家 | こっか kokka | state; country; nation |
| 国際 | こくさい kokusai | international |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
| 姿勢 | しせい shisei | posture; pose; position |
| 勢力 | せいりょく seiryoku | influence; power; might |
| 調査 | ちょうさ chousa | investigation; examination; inquiry |
| 検査 | けんさ kensa | inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test |
See also: Chinese symbol for “census”.
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.