Japanese symbol for “viewer”
視聴者
しちょうしゃ
Romaji: shichousha
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
In Japanese, viewer is 視聴者, read しちょうしゃ (shichousha).
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Meanings
- n viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “viewer”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 見物 | けんぶつ kenbutsu | sightseer; spectator; viewer |
| ビューアー | ビューアー byuuaa | viewer (e.g. for film slides or x-rays) |
| 受け手 | うけて ukete | (referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer |
| 聴視者 | ちょうししゃ choushisha | viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership |
| 見物客 | けんぶつきゃく kenbutsukyaku | sightseer; spectator; viewer |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
| 視点 | してん shiten | point of view; viewpoint; angle |
| 重視 | じゅうし juushi | regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of |
| 無視 | むし mushi | disregarding; ignoring |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 警視庁 | けいしちょう keishichou | Metropolitan Police Department (Tokyo) |
| 視聴 | しちょう shichou | looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching |
| 聴衆 | ちょうしゅう choushuu | audience; attendance; hearers |
| 患者 | かんじゃ kanja | patient |
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.