ballot, label, ticket, sign
票 centers on a physical marker used to indicate a choice or identity: a ballot for voting, a ticket for entry, a label for identification, or a sign to convey information.
票 combines 覀 (a variant of 西, originally depicting a bird's nest) and 示 (altar, show). The character likely developed from the idea of a written notice or tally placed on display, evolving to mean a ticket or ballot.
The top 覀 looks like a container or a stack of papers, and the bottom 示 suggests showing or indicating. Imagine a box of tickets or ballots being displayed for people to take.
For ヒョウ, picture a hyena (ヒョウ) holding a ballot in its mouth, waiting in line to vote. The hyena's distinctive laugh cues ヒョウ while it clutches the ticket.
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voting; ballot; poll; vote
vote; ballot
number of votes polled; poll votes
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
casting and counting votes
vote tally
financial records (account books, ledgers, vouchers, forms, etc.)
blank ballot; white ballot
vote; ballot
military scrip
(reliable) source of votes; area of strong electoral support; stronghold; (voter) base
certificate; voucher; chit
one person, one vote
one vote per nation
one vote; one ballot
disparity between values of votes in different constituencies; measure of malapportionment of electorates
referendum; popular vote; plebiscite
no-confidence vote; vote of no confidence
absentee voting