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Japanese symbol for “representative”

Romaji: daihyou
representation; representative; delegate; delegation

In Japanese, representative is , read (daihyou).

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, vs, vt representation; representative; delegate; delegation
  2. n, vs, vt exemplification; typification; being representative of; being typical of; representative example; exemplar
  3. n leader
  4. n switchboard number; main number

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
surface, table, chart
on: ヒョウ
kun: おもて、-おもて、あらわ.す、あらわ.れる
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “representative”

WordReadingMeaning
かお kaorepresentative; (the) face (of something); trademark
そうだい soudairepresentative
だいり dairiproxy; agent; representative
だいりにん dairininproxy; agent; substitute
だいぎいん daigiinrepresentative; delegate

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じだい jidaiperiod; epoch; era
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
はっぴょう happyouannouncement; publication; presenting
ひょうげん hyougenexpression; representation; description
ひょうじょう hyoujoufacial expression; countenance

See also: Chinese symbol for “representative”.

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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