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JLPT N3 SL4 15 strokes Frequency: #57

Meanings

Elect, Select, Choose, Prefer

Radicals

辶

Decomposition

⿺辶巽

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)

えら era

Words Using This Kanji

386 words total

Other (20 words)

オープン選手権オープンせんしゅけん

open competition

クローン選択説クローンせんたくせつ

clonal selection theory

参議院選挙さんぎいんせんきょ

House of Councillors election

市長村長選挙しちょうそんちょうせんきょ

mayoral election

市長町長選挙しちょうちょうちょうせんきょ

mayoral election

自由契約選手じゆうけいやくせんしゅ

free agent

選挙人登録せんきょにんとうろく

voter registration

選挙運動資金せんきょうんどうしきん

campaign fund

選挙集会せんきょしゅうかい

campaign rally

選挙ポスターせんきょポスター

campaign poster

選び方えらびかた

choice

州議選しゅうぎせん

state or provincial election

州議会選挙しゅうぎかいせんきょ

state or provincial election

選りすぐるよりすぐる

to choose the best

選民意識せんみんいしき

sense of being the chosen people

選手生命せんしゅせいめい

player's career

当選圏内とうせんけんない

(having a) good chance of being elected

本選挙ほんせんきょ

original selection

選時せんじ

election time

改選かいせん

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

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