Japanese symbol for “voting”
投票
とうひょう
Romaji: touhyou
voting; ballot; poll; vote
In Japanese, voting is 投票, read とうひょう (touhyou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs voting; ballot; poll; vote
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “voting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表決 | ひょうけつ hyouketsu | vote; voting |
| 参政 | さんせい sansei | participation in politics; suffrage; voting |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投資 | とうし toushi | investment |
| 投稿 | とうこう toukou | contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.) |
| 投げ | なげ nage | throw; throwing |
| 投手 | とうしゅ toushu | pitcher |
| 投入 | とうにゅう tounyuu | throwing in; inserting; depositing (e.g. a ballot) |
| 得票 | とくひょう tokuhyou | number of votes polled; poll votes |
| 開票 | かいひょう kaihyou | counting ballots; tally (of votes) |
| 伝票 | でんぴょう denpyou | chit; slip; ticket |
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.