Japanese symbol for “chair”
議長
ぎちょう
Romaji: gichou
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly)
In Japanese, chair is 議長, read ぎちょう (gichou).
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Meanings
- n chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “chair”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 椅子 | いす isu | chair; seat; stool |
| チェア | チェア chea | chair |
| 委員長 | いいんちょう iinchou | chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 議員 | ぎいん giin | member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament |
| 会議 | かいぎ kaigi | meeting; conference; session |
| 議論 | ぎろん giron | argument; discussion; dispute |
| 議会 | ぎかい gikai | congress; parliament; diet |
| 不思議 | ふしぎ fushigi | wonderful; marvelous; strange |
| 協議 | きょうぎ kyougi | conference; consultation; discussion |
| 成長 | せいちょう seichou | growth; development; growing up |
| 社長 | しゃちょう shachou | company president; manager; director |
See also: Chinese symbol for “chair”.
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.