Japanese symbol for “oligarchy”
寡頭政治
かとうせいじ
Romaji: katouseiji
oligarchy
In Japanese, oligarchy is 寡頭政治, read かとうせいじ (katouseiji).
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Meanings
- n oligarchy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “oligarchy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寡頭制 | かとうせい katousei | oligarchy |
| オリガーキー | オリガーキー origaakii | oligarchy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寡黙 | かもく kamoku | untalkative; quiet; taciturn |
| 寡占 | かせん kasen | oligopoly; control of a market |
| 多寡 | たか taka | degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity |
| 寡婦 | かふ kafu | widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman |
| 寡作 | かさく kasaku | unprolific (writer, artist, etc.) |
| 寡頭 | かとう katou | small number of people |
| 冒頭 | ぼうとう boutou | beginning; opening; start |
| 先頭 | せんとう sentou | head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead |
| 政府 | せいふ seifu | government; administration; ministry |
| 政治 | せいじ seiji | politics; government |
See also: Chinese symbol for “oligarchy”.
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.