Japanese symbol for “chairwoman”

委員長

いいんちょう

Romaji: iinchou

chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman

In Japanese, chairwoman is 委員長, read いいんちょう (iinchou).

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Meanings

n chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president

Kanji and stroke order

委

committee, entrust to, leave to

on: イ
kun: ゆだ.ねる

8 strokes · JLPT 2

員

employee, member, number

on: イン

10 strokes · JLPT 3

長

long, leader, superior

on: チョウ
kun: なが.い、おさ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
委員	いいん iin	committee member
委託	いたく itaku	entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge
委任	いにん inin	entrusting; charge; delegation
委嘱	いしょく ishoku	commissioning; entrusting (with); request
委ねる	ゆだねる yudaneru	to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to
委員会	いいんかい iinkai	committee; commission; board
全員	ぜんいん zen'in	all members; all hands; everyone
議員	ぎいん giin	member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament
成長	せいちょう seichou	growth; development; growing up

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.