Readings

Kana: サン、セン、せん.する、えら.む、えら.ぶ
Romaji: san, sen, sen.suru, era.mu, era.bu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

composing, editing, compiling, selecting

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  64
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-12
Korean Reading:  cheon
Chinese Reading:  zhuan4
Unicode:  64b0
JIS:  4071

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1996
New Nelson Index: 2277
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c12.9
Four Corner Index: 5708.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12753X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0397
Remembering the kanji Index: 2253
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 672
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2357
Kodansha Kanji Index: 911
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1361

Words

(せん)
anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection; selection
勅撰 (ちょくせん)
compilation for the emperor; emperor's literary production
官撰 (かんせん)
government compilation
特選 (とくせん)
specially selection; special approval; special prize; high honour
杜撰 (ずさん、ずざん)
careless; sloppy; faulty; author who makes many mistakes; author who uses unsupported references
新撰 (しんせん)
newly compiled, selected or edited
選集 (せんしゅう、せんじゅう)
selection (e.g. of poems, texts); anthology; selected extracts
選ぶ (えらぶ)
to choose; to select
杜撰脱漏 (ずさんだつろう)
careless (slipshod) and with many omissions
勅撰集 (ちょくせんしゅう)
imperial-commissioned poem anthology
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