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撰

撰 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. えらぶ、よりわける。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「巽」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

composing, editing, compiling, selecting

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サン
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • せん(する)
  • えら(む)
  • えら(ぶ)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhuan4
  • 한글chan
  • 한글cheon
  • Hán-ViệtSoạn
  • Hán-ViệtTuyển
  • Hán-ViệtChuyển

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+64B0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌巽

Words using this kanji

  • 撰せんanthology (of poetry, etc.), compilation, collection, selection
  • 撰者せんじゃ文章や詩歌、句を選出し、作品集などをつくる者。 （古い時代に）書物や詩歌を作成した者。author, compiler, editor
  • 撰述せんじゅつ文章などを選んだり加筆したりして書物を著作すること。writing (a book)
  • 撰修せんしゅう書物を編纂すること。writing (a book), compiling, editing
  • 撰録せんろく文章や書物をつくり記録すること。compiling, editing, writing
  • 撰文せんぶん作文をすること。また、その文章。writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.), composition, epitaph, inscription
  • 撰進せんしん詩歌や文章を編纂して天皇に奉ること。compiling and presenting poems, texts, etc. to the emperor
  • 撰するせんするto write (prose, etc.), to compile (an anthology)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(16 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Four Corner
5708.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c12.9
Heisig
2357
Nelson
1996