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RTK / HeisigFrame #1732

ballot

Lv 26

Strokes: 11

JLPT: N1

Jōyō: Grade 4

Meanings

ballot RTK

Community Mnemonic

706 votes

In the Old West there were no ballot boxes. Afraid of fraud and fighting among the gunslingers, the ballots were posted into a slot in the top of the local church altar instead. They may have been rough, but the cowboys wouldn't fight in the church.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

ひょう

Kun'yomi

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