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票 (ひょう, hyou) Japanese meaning: vote | Kotomora
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票ひょう
を
投とう
じ
た
。
I cast a vote for him in the election.
The bill passed with a majority in favor. There were only a few opposing votes.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 票ひょう を 入い れる to cast a vote for someone
I cast my vote for that candidate.
票ひょう を 数かぞ える to count the votes
After the count began, the staff tallied the votes.
票ひょう が 割わ れる for votes to be split among candidates
Opinions clashed and the votes were split.
票ひょう を 集あつ める to gather votes
The young candidate gathered many votes.
〈 数かず 〉 票ひょう 差さ で 勝か つ to win by a margin of ... votes
He won by a margin of one hundred votes.
Related words 投票 refers to the act of voting or casting a ballot, while 票 is the individual vote or ballot itself (often used as a counter, e.g. 一票).
札 is a general standalone word for a tag, label, or card, whereas 票 mainly appears as a suffix in compounds like 入場票 for the same idea.
得票 refers specifically to the votes a candidate or party receives, while 票 is the general word for a vote or ballot.
票 is the generic word for a vote or ballot, whereas 一票 specifically emphasizes the count of exactly one vote.
Don't confuse with 表 (ひょう) is a homophone meaning 'table' or 'chart', completely unrelated to 票's meaning of vote or ticket.
標 (ひょう) shares the 票 component and the ひょう reading but means 'sign' or 'mark', unlike 票's sense of vote or ticket.
票 refers to the physical ballot or the count of votes, whereas 投票 is the action of voting.
Counted with Individual 票 (ballots, tickets, tags) as physical paper slips are counted with 枚, the counter for thin flat objects.
Word family· 59 vote; voting; ballot; poll
votes obtained; number of votes polled
counting ballots; vote tallying
slip; chit; voucher; ticket
Written forms 票ひょう Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling for vote, ballot, and label/ticket senses.
ひょう Usage 1%
Etymology The kanji 票 originally meant 'a slip of paper' or 'a document', which developed into the modern senses of ballot and label/ticket.
vote tally; number of votes
Show 16 more financial records; account books; ledgers; vouchers; forms
blank ballot; white ballot
vote; ballot; decide by vote
military scrip; military currency
voter base; electoral stronghold; reliable source of votes
certificate; voucher; chit
one vote; one ballot
tag; label
cut form
stub; counterfoil
scattered votes
wasted vote; vote for a losing candidate
unanimous vote; all votes
matchbox label
margin of votes; vote difference
voucher issuance; slip issuing; ticket creation
