票
票 — Ballot
ballot, label, ticket, sign
On’yomiヒョウ (hyou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 票
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投票 | とうひょう touhyou | voting; ballot; poll |
| 国民投票 | こくみんとうひょう kokumintouhyou | national referendum |
| 開票 | かいひょう kaihyou | counting ballots; tally (of votes) |
| 得票 | とくひょう tokuhyou | number of votes polled; poll votes |
| 票 | ひょう hyou | vote; ballot; label |
| 一票 | いっぴょう ippyou | one vote; one ballot |
Study notes
票 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #489 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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