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JLPT N3 SL4 15 strokes Frequency: #57

Meanings

Elect, Select, Choose, Prefer

Radicals

θΎΆ

Decomposition

βΏΊθΎΆε·½

Etymology

Pictophonetic: walk

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 corner right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
4 corner right-to-left
5 horizontal right-to-left
6 curve right-to-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
9 vertical right-to-left
10 horizontal bottom-to-top
11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
12 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
14 corner bottom-to-top
15 diagonal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
セン sen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γˆγ‚‰ era

Words Using This Kanji

386 words total
Other (20 words)
百選 ひゃくせん

top hundred

δΊˆε‚™ιΈζŒ™ γ‚ˆγ³γ›γ‚“γγ‚‡

preliminary election

ι–“ζŽ₯ιΈζŒ™ かんせ぀せんきょ

indirect election

文選 ぢんせん

type-picking

文選ε·₯ ぢんせんこう

type picker

ι›Œι›„ιΈζŠž γ—γ‚†γ†γ›γ‚“γŸγ

sexual selection

θ‡ͺη„ΆιΈζŠž γ—γœγ‚“γ›γ‚“γŸγ

natural selection

η§˜ε―†ιΈζŒ™ ひみ぀せんきょ

secret ballot

ε°ιΈζŒ™εŒΊεˆΆ しょうせんきょくせい

single-seat constituency system

国選弁護人 こくせんべんごにん

court-appointed attorney

εœ°ζ–ΉιΈζŒ™ けほうせんきょ

local election

私選 しせん

personal selection (esp. of a defense lawyer)

η΅±δΈ€εœ°ζ–ΉιΈζŒ™ とうい぀けほうせんきょ

nationwide local elections

婦選 ちせん

women's suffrage

θ’«ιΈζŒ™δΊΊ ひせんきょにん

person eligible for elective office

謹選 きんせん

carefully selected

当選者 とうせんしゃ

successful candidate

特選 とくせん

special selection

η›΄ζŽ₯ιΈζŒ™ けょくせ぀せんきょ

direct election

改選 かいせん

election (for a seat or position at the end of a term)