Tomonokai Co., Ltd. conducted a questionnaire survey on "Kanji of the year 2016" for active university students and graduate students in the e-mail magazine "t-news" for active university students.The result was released.

 "Selection" is the number one "Kanji of the year" that represents the 438 social situation selected by 2016 university students. 1 votes.The reason is that the right to vote is over 39 years old, the election for the governor of Tokyo was held, and the athletes played an active part in the Olympics (18st year, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University / female). Because the referendum and presidential election were held (Osaka Prefecture University, 1rd year of engineering / male), it was a year when political events in the world had a great influence on Japan, and elections became a hot topic (Nihon University College of Economics 3). Year / woman) and so on.

 The second place is "strange". 2 votes.Britain's withdrawal from the EU, Republican Trump was elected President of the United States, and various events such as PPAP caused by Justin Beaver have "changed" by global standards (Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences, 35nd year / male), so in international affairs As with the reasons for answering the number one "election", many countries have changed and the temperature has changed due to seasonal changes (2st year, Faculty of Law, Keio University / Male). Respondents cited election-related content and reasons for the Olympics, such as Britain's withdrawal from the EU and the US presidential election.

 The third place is "Rin". 3 votes.There were many ethical issues such as affair reports, Governor Masuzoe, and the president of South Korea (Waseda University Faculty of Education, 31nd year / female). The reason was that he had many chances to see him.The 2th place was "Ran", and the 4th place was "Surprise".

Reference: [Tomonokai Co., Ltd.] t-news web [Questionnaire results] The number one Chinese character in 2016 selected by university students is "selection".Many voices of election and Olympic athletes' activities

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