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Japanese symbol for “parliamentarian”

Romaji: daigishi
parliamentarian; member of a congress

In Japanese, parliamentarian is , read (daigishi).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n parliamentarian; member of a congress

Kanji and stroke order

substitute, change, convert
on: ダイ、タイ
kun: か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり
5 strokes · JLPT 3
deliberation, consultation, debate
on: ギ
20 strokes · JLPT 2
gentleman, scholar, samurai
on: シ
kun: さむらい
3 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じだい jidaiperiod; epoch; era
だいひょう daihyourepresentation; representative; delegate
げんだい gendaipresent age; present day; contemporary
かわり kawarisubstitute; replacement; substituting
せだい sedaigeneration
ねんだい nendaiage; era; period
ぎいん giinmember of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament
かいぎ kaigimeeting; conference; session
べんごし bengoshilawyer; attorney

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.

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