Japanese symbol for “tally”
集計
しゅうけい
Romaji: shuukei
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes)
In Japanese, tally is 集計, read しゅうけい (shuukei).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “tally”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開票 | かいひょう kaihyou | counting ballots; tally (of votes) |
| タリー | タリー tarii | tally |
| 割符 | わりふ warifu | tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction) |
| 符 | ふ fu | tally |
| 符節 | ふせつ fusetsu | tally; check |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 編集 | へんしゅう henshuu | editing; compilation |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう boshuu | recruitment; invitation; selection |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう shuuchuu | concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention |
| 特集 | とくしゅう tokushuu | feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
| 計画 | けいかく keikaku | plan; project; schedule |
| 設計 | せっけい sekkei | plan; design; layout |
See also: Chinese symbol for “tally”.
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.