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Japanese symbol for “chauvinism”

Romaji: haigaishugi
antiforeignism; exclusionism; exclusivism; chauvinism

In Japanese, chauvinism is , read (haigaishugi).

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Meanings

  1. n antiforeignism; exclusionism; exclusivism; chauvinism

Kanji and stroke order

repudiate, exclude, expel
on: ハイ
11 strokes · JLPT 1
outside
on: ガイ、ゲ
kun: そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる
5 strokes · JLPT 4
lord, chief, master
on: シュ、ス、シュウ
kun: ぬし、おも、あるじ
5 strokes · JLPT 3
righteousness, justice, morality
on: ギ
13 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “chauvinism”

WordReadingMeaning
ショービニスム shoobinisumuchauvinism

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はいじょ haijoexclusion; removal; elimination
はいすい haisuidrainage; draining; pumping out (water)
はいしゅつ haishutsudischarge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2)
はいせき haisekirejection; expulsion; boycott
はいき haikiexhaust; emission (of gas from an engine)
はいた haitaexclusion
かいがい kaigaiforeign; abroad; overseas
がいこく gaikokuforeign country
しゅぎ shugidoctrine; rule; principle
せいぎ seigijustice; right; righteousness

See also: Chinese symbol for “chauvinism”.

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.