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Ideologies in Hanzi and Kanji

This article is a simple analysis of the names for political ideologies in logographic languages, such as Chinese (Hanzi) and Japanese (Kanji), where every written character will usually be a word or morpheme. It's mainly an exercise to measure their usefulness when describing ideologies, unlike alphabet systems where any string of letters can be given any meaning.

English Term Chinese (Hanzi) Japanese (Kanji)
Anarchism 无政府主义(ㄨˊㄓㄥˋㄈㄨˇㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Wú zhèngfǔ zhǔyì
無政府主義(むせいふしゅぎ)
Museifu shugi
No Government No Government
Authoritarianism 威权主义(ㄨㄟㄑㄨㄢˊㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Wēiquán zhǔyì
権威主義(けんいしゅぎ)
Keni shugi
Fearsome Authority Authority Menacing
Christian democracy 基督教民主主義(ㄐ丨ㄉㄨㄐ丨ㄠˋㄇ丨ㄣˊㄓㄨˇㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Jīdūjiào mínzhǔ zhǔyì
キリスト教民主主義(キリストきょうみんしゅしゅぎ)
Kirisutokyō minshu shugi
Christ Faith, People Rule Christ Faith, People Rule
Communitarianism 社群主義(ㄕㄜˋㄑㄨㄣˊㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Shè qún zhǔyì
共同体主義(きょうどうたいしゅぎ)
Kyōdōtai shugi
Society Group Cooperative System
Communism 共产主义(ㄍㄨㄥˋㄔㄢˇㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Gòngchǎn zhǔyì
共産主義(きょうさんしゅぎ)
Kyōsan shugi
Shared Ownership All Products
Conservatism 保守主义(ㄅㄠˇㄕㄡˇㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Bǎoshǒu zhǔyì
保守主義(ほしゅしゅぎ)
Hoshu shugi
Maintain Defend Preserve Defend
Corporatism 社團主義(ㄕㄜˋㄊㄨㄢˊㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Shètuán zhǔyì
コーポラティズム(こーぽらてぃずむ)
Kōporatizumu
Society Organizations
Democracy 民主主義(ㄇ丨ㄣˊㄓㄨˇㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
ínzhǔ zhǔyì
民主主義(みんしゅしゅぎ)
Minshu shugi
People Rule People Rule
Environmentalism 环境保护主义(ㄏㄨㄢˊㄐ丨ㄥˋㄅㄠˇㄏㄨˋㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Huánjìng bǎohù zhǔyì
環境主義(かんきょうしゅぎ)
Kankyō shugi
Environment Protection Circle Environment
Fascism 法西斯主义(ㄈㄚˇㄒ丨ㄙㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Fàxīsī zhǔyì
結束主義(けっそくしゅぎ)
Kessoku shugi
Fasces Tied Bundle
Liberalism 自由主义(ㄗˋ一ㄡˊㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Zìyóu zhǔyì
自由主義(じゆうしゅぎ)
Jiyū shugi
Self Reason Self Will
Libertarianism 自由意志主義(ㄗˋ一ㄡˊ一ˋㄓˋㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Zìyóu yìzhì zhǔyì
完全自由主義(かんぜんじゆうしゅぎ)
Kanzen jiyū shugi
Self Reason, Mind Will Complete Self Will
Nationalism 民族主義(ㄇ丨ㄣˊㄗㄨˊㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Mínzú zhǔyì
国粋主義(こくすいしゅぎ)
Kokusai shugi
People Nationality Country Purity
Populism 民粹主義(ㄇ丨ㄣˊㄘㄨㄟˋㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Míncuì zhǔyì
大衆主義(たいしゅうしゅぎ)
Taishū shugi
People Essence Large Populace
Progressivism 進步主義(ㄐ丨ㄣˋㄅㄨˋㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Jìnbù zhǔyì
進歩主義(しんぽしゅぎ)
Shinpo shugi
Advance Procedure Progress Step
Social democracy 社會民主主義(ㄕㄜˋㄏㄨㄟˋㄇ丨ㄣˊㄓㄨˇㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Shèhuì mínzhǔ zhǔyì
社会民主主義(しゃかいみんしゅしゅぎ)
Shakai minshu shugi
Society Union, People Rule Society Party, People Rule
Socialism 社会主义(ㄕㄜˋㄏㄨㄟˋㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Shèhuì zhǔyì
社会主義(しゃかいしゅぎ)
Shakai shugi
Society Union Society Party
Syndicalism 工团主义(ㄍㄨㄥㄊㄨㄢˊㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Gōng tuán zhǔyì
労働組合主義(ろうどうくみあいしゅぎ)
Rōdō kumiai shugi
Labor Collective Labor Union
Transhumanism 超人类主义(ㄔㄠㄖㄣˊㄌㄟˋㄓㄨˇ一ˋ)
Chāo rénlèi zhǔyì
トランスヒューマニズム(とらんすひゅーまにずむ)
Toransuhyūmanizumu
Transcend Humanity

Notes

  • “Zhǔyì” (主义/主義) and “Shugi” (主義) roughly mean -ism, so they will not be translated.
  • The grayed-out terms mean that the Japanese prefer to use the katakana form of the English term.
  • If there are any mistakes, please think out and review your message before contacting me.
  • Unfortunately, there wasn't any space for Korean (Hanja), Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm), etc.
ideologies_in_hanzi_and_kanji.txt · Last modified: 2020-09-08 15:10:44 by namelessrumia