the annual Kanji of the Year award, sponsored by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society.
The results were announced on December 12 at Kiyomizu-dera temple (and UNESCO World Heritage Site) in Kyoto.
The winning kanji for the year, receiving a total of 9,518 votes, was 輪 (rin; wa). The character means “ring” and is used in the word for the Olympic Games, 五輪 (gorin)—literally, “five rings.”
This choice was made mainly because Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. But other reasons were cited as well, including the hope that the “circle of support” for the recovery of areas impacted by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami will expand.
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