Japanese symbol for “parliamentarian”

代議士

だいぎし

Romaji: daigishi

parliamentarian; member of a congress

In Japanese, parliamentarian is 代議士, read だいぎし (daigishi).

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Meanings

n parliamentarian; member of a congress

Kanji and stroke order

代

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

議

deliberation, consultation, debate

on: ギ

20 strokes · JLPT 2

士

gentleman, scholar, samurai

on: シ
kun: さむらい

3 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
時代	じだい jidai	period; epoch; era
代表	だいひょう daihyou	representation; representative; delegate
現代	げんだい gendai	present age; present day; contemporary
代わり	かわり kawari	substitute; replacement; substituting
世代	せだい sedai	generation
年代	ねんだい nendai	age; era; period
議員	ぎいん giin	member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament
会議	かいぎ kaigi	meeting; conference; session
弁護士	べんごし bengoshi	lawyer; 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.