Japanese symbol for “plebiscite”
人民投票
じんみんとうひょう
Romaji: jinmintouhyou
plebiscite; referendum
In Japanese, plebiscite is 人民投票, read じんみんとうひょう (jinmintouhyou).
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Meanings
- n plebiscite; referendum
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “plebiscite”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一般投票 | いっぱんとうひょう ippantouhyou | referendum; popular vote; plebiscite |
| 住民投票 | じゅうみんとうひょう juumintouhyou | local referendum; poll of residents; plebiscite |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
| 個人 | こじん kojin | individual; private person; personal |
| 人気 | にんき ninki | popularity; public favor |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 人々 | ひとびと hitobito | people; men and women |
| 大人 | おとな otona | adult; grown-up |
| 国民 | こくみん kokumin | people (of a country); nation; citizen |
| 市民 | しみん shimin | citizen (of a country); citizenry |
| 投票 | とうひょう touhyou | voting; ballot; poll |
| 得票 | とくひょう tokuhyou | number of votes polled; poll votes |
See also: Chinese symbol for “plebiscite”.
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.