Japanese symbol for “suffrage”
参政権
さんせいけん
Romaji: sanseiken
suffrage; franchise
In Japanese, suffrage is 参政権, read さんせいけん (sanseiken).
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Meanings
- n suffrage; franchise
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “suffrage”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 選挙権 | せんきょけん senkyoken | suffrage; right to vote |
| 参政 | さんせい sansei | participation in politics; suffrage; voting |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参加 | さんか sanka | participation; joining; entry |
| 参考 | さんこう sankou | reference; consultation |
| 参照 | さんしょう sanshou | reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison |
| 参議院 | さんぎいん sangiin | House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan) |
| 参戦 | さんせん sansen | participation in a war; going to war |
| 持参 | じさん jisan | bringing; taking; carrying |
| 政府 | せいふ seifu | government; administration; ministry |
| 政治 | せいじ seiji | politics; government |
| 権利 | けんり kenri | right; privilege |
See also: Chinese symbol for “suffrage”.
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.