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表 (ひょう, hyou) Japanese meaning: table | Kotomora
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売うり
上あげ
データ
を
まとめ
て
ください
。
Please compile the sales data into this table.
I got a train timetable at the station.
Usage patterns 表ひょう を 作つく る to make/create a table or chart
I made a table out of the sales data.
〈 事こと 〉 を 表ひょう にまとめる to organize/summarize something into a table
I summarized the experiment results into a table and presented them.
表ひょう を 見み る to look at/consult a table or chart
I checked the departure time by looking at the train timetable.
〈 物もの 〉 を 表ひょう にする to turn something into a table format
Putting the survey responses into a table makes them easier to read.
Expressions 意い 表ひょう を 突つ く take by surprise; do something unexpected Related words· 6 グラフ is a graph or diagram showing data visually, while 表 is a broader term covering any table or list format, whether or not it includes a graph.
一覧 emphasizes an overview or listing that can be taken in at a glance, whereas 表 refers specifically to the tabular row-and-column format itself.
表 is a general term for any table or chart, while 早見 specifically denotes a compact chart designed for rapid lookup.
表 is the broad term for any table or chart, while 一覧表 stresses that it is a summary table meant to be viewed at a glance.
Show 2 more 表 is the native Japanese word for a tabular list of data, while チャート is a loanword emphasizing visual, often graphical, representation.
表 refers narrowly to a data table or list, whereas 図表 covers both tables and graphical figures together.
Don't confuse with 表 (ひょう) means a table or chart, while 票 (ひょう) means a vote or ballot slip; the two share the same reading but are written and used very differently.
表 read as ひょう means a table or chart (as in グラフ・表), a completely different word from 表 read as おもて meaning surface/front.
表 refers to a table or list of data arranged in rows and columns, whereas グラフ is a visual chart like a bar or line graph.
Word family· 212 announcement; publication; presentation; release
representative; delegate; representation · typical example; exemplar; model · leader; head · main number; switchboard number
indication; showing; expression; demonstration · display; displaying · representation · copyright attribution
Etymology The kanji 表 originally meant 'outer garment' or 'surface', and by extension came to refer to something displayed or presented, hence 'table' or 'chart'. The reading ひょう is the on'yomi.
表ひょう 現げん
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expression; representation; description · representation of a group
facial expression; countenance · look; appearance; expressiveness
Show 25 more official announcement; public disclosure; release
written representation; notation; orthography · writing on a surface; inscribing on the face
surface; face · outside; exterior · appearances; superficiality
declaration; expression; manifestation
commendation; public recognition; awarding
title; heading; headline; caption; index label
earth's surface; ground surface
epidermis; cuticle · bark; epidermis (plant) · facade; outer surface
chronological table; timeline
letter of resignation
surface; outer layer
front and back; both sides; inside and outside · duplicity; double-dealing; two-facedness
expression; presentation; manifestation
symbol; emblem; representation · mental image; representation; idea
express; show
surprise; unexpectedness
attached table; annexed table; separate table
financial statements
nameplate; doorplate
chart; diagram; graph; figure
courtesy; show of respect
surface area
expressing one's intent; gesture · ideography
memorial to the emperor; formal petition to the throne
the table below; the following table
