Japanese symbol for “majority”
大半
たいはん
Romaji: taihan
majority; more than half; most (of)
In Japanese, majority is 大半, read たいはん (taihan).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n majority; more than half; most (of)
- adv, n mostly; largely; mainly; predominately; nearly
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “majority”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 過半数 | かはんすう kahansuu | majority |
| 多数 | たすう tasuu | majority |
| 大方 | おおかた ookata | large part; greater part; majority |
| 成年 | せいねん seinen | adult age; majority |
| 多く | おおく ooku | majority (of); greater part (of) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 半分 | はんぶん hanbun | half |
| 後半 | こうはん kouhan | second half; latter half |
See also: Chinese symbol for “majority”.
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.