Jisho

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15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
elect, select, choose, prefer
Kun:
えら.ぶえ.るよ.る
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
57 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 選 【セン】 selection, choice, choosing, picking, election
  • 選挙 【センキョ】 election
  • 抽選 【チュウセン】 lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
  • 公選 【コウセン】 public election, election by popular vote

Kun reading compounds

  • 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select
  • 選ぶところがない 【えらぶところがない】 being the same thing (as), being indistinguishable (from)
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan3
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • elegir
  • seleccionar

Portuguese

  • eleger
  • selecionar
  • escolher
  • preferir

French

  • élection
  • sélection
  • choisir
  • préférer
449 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
556 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
527 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
105 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4744 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
522 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
967 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
800 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3931 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1822 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39127P Morohashi
3169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6114 New Nelson (John Haig)
1804 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
341 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
626 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3561 2001 Kanji
2q12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3-2-12 SKIP code
3730.8 Four corner code
1-33-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9078 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
Variants:
exhort, urge, encourage
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1445 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奨学 【ショウガク】 encouragement to study
  • 奨学金 【ショウガクキン】 scholarship, stipend, bursary, student loan
  • 勧奨 【カンショウ】 encouragement, stimulation
  • 推奨 【スイショウ】 recommendation, endorsement

Kun reading compounds

  • 勧める 【すすめる】 to recommend (someone to do), to advise, to encourage, to urge, to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.), to suggest, to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
まさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang3
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • impulso
  • ánimo
  • aliento

Portuguese

  • exortar
  • desejar
  • encorajar

French

  • exhorter
  • encourager
  • pousser à
1408 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1582 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1181 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1519 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1181 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2036 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1332 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1415 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
831 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
420 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3524 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1819 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2474 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
740 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5990P Morohashi
2842 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1167 New Nelson (John Haig)
732 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
790 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1616 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1263 2001 Kanji
3n10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-3 SKIP code
3243.0 Four corner code
1-30-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5968 Unicode hex code