How to say "chart" in Japanese

• チャートCommon
  nounThe loanword, covering much the same ground as English 'chart'. It is especially at home in technical contexts, such as stock-price charts and nautical charts.
• 表ひょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Use for 'chart' in the tabular sense — information laid out in rows and columns. Its core meaning is 'table', so it suits charts that are essentially tables of figures.
  この表ひょうから食たべたいものを選えらべます。↗

  You may choose what to eat from this list.
• 地図ちずJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounEssentially 'map'. Choose it only when 'chart' means a map-like depiction of a geographic area, as with a nautical chart; it is not the word for charts of data or tables.
  どこへ行いけばヨーロッパの地図ちずが手てに入はいりますか。↗

  Where can I obtain a map of Europe?
• グラフJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounFor 'chart' in the graph sense: a visual plot of data, such as line, bar or pie charts. When your chart presents figures graphically rather than as a table, this is the word.
  炭素たんそ排出量はいしゅつりょうの変動へんどうが、以下いかのグラフに描えがかれている。↗

  The differing volumes of carbon emissions are plotted in the graph below.
• 図表ずひょうJLPT N2approx.Common
  no-adjectiveA collective term for charts, diagrams, graphs and figures as a group — the visual material of a report or presentation. Best when referring to such material generally rather than to one specific chart.
  図表ずひょう２を見みると、これらの貿易ぼうえきサイクルのいくつかは非常ひじょうに短期たんきのものであることが判明はんめいする。↗

  A glance at Chart 2 will reveal that some of these trade cycles are very short-lived.

Choose 「チャート」 for the loanword, 表 when the chart is a table of figures, 「グラフ」 for graphs of data, 地図 only for map-type charts like nautical charts, and 図表 when speaking of charts and diagrams as report material.

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• チャートchart
• 表ひょうtable
• 地図ちずmap
• グラフgraph
• 図表ずひょうchart
• 図ずdrawing
• 早見はやみchart
• 罫線表けいせんひょうchart (showing price movements)
• 線図せんずdiagram
• 罫線けいせんchart