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Japanese symbol for “voting”

Romaji: touhyou
voting; ballot; poll; vote

In Japanese, voting is , read (touhyou).

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, vi, vs voting; ballot; poll; vote

Kanji and stroke order

throw, discard, abandon
on: トウ
kun: な.げる、-な.げ
7 strokes · JLPT 2
ballot, label, ticket
on: ヒョウ
11 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “voting”

WordReadingMeaning
ひょうけつ hyouketsuvote; voting
さんせい sanseiparticipation in politics; suffrage; voting

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
とうし toushiinvestment
とうこう toukoucontribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
なげ nagethrow; throwing
とうしゅ toushupitcher
とうにゅう tounyuuthrowing in; inserting; depositing (e.g. a ballot)
とくひょう tokuhyounumber of votes polled; poll votes
かいひょう kaihyoucounting ballots; tally (of votes)
でんぴょう denpyouchit; 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.

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