セン, えら.ぶ
elect, select, choose, prefer

This kanji has 14 strokes: 7 in the "road" radical (しんにゅう) and 7 other strokes.

Sample compounds (21) :


  1. ごせん
    mutual election, co-opting

  2. えらびだす
    to select, to pick out

  3. せんきょく
    chosen song

  4. げんせん
    (vs) careful selection

  5. よせん
    nomination, primary, preliminary contest

  6. じんせん
    personnel selection

  7. せんにん
    election

  8. にゅうせん
    chosen (in a competition)
  9. ける
    よりわける
    to classify, to sort out

  10. ふせん
    universal suffrage

  11. せんべつ
    (vs) selection

  12. ちょくせん
    imperial nomination

  13. よりごのみ
    (vs) being particular about, fastidious
  14. 婿
    むこえらび
    search for a husband for one's daughter

  15. とうせん
    (vs) being elected, winning the prize

  16. せんしゅ
    player (in game)

  17. せんたく
    (vs) selection, choice

  18. よりぬく
    to select

  19. せんきょ
    (vs) election

  20. つぶより
    (a-no) the pick, the choice

  21. せんしゅう
    selection
Kanji Character : 選
Kuten Encoding : 3310
SJIS Encoding : 412a
Unicode Encoding : 9078
Old Nelson Index : 4744
Radical Number : 162
Frequency Ranking : 113
Gakken Index : 105
Grade Level : 4
Halpern Index : 3169
Heisig Index : 1804
Henshall Index : 527
New Nelson Index : 6114
O'Neil Index : 2419
Stroke Count : 14
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2q12.3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 12
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : q
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 800
SKIP Code : 3-3-12
De Roo Code : 3561
Four Corner Code : 3730.8
Korean reading : seon
Pinyin reading : xuan3
Morohashi Index String : 39127P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 11.0180
Morohashi Index Number : 39127
Morohashi Page : 180
Morohashi Volume : 11
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Missclassification Codes
  1. SP3-2-12
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3561
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