Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
757 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 普 【フ】 ordinary bank account
  • 普及 【フキュウ】 diffusion, spread, popularization, promulgation, familiarization

Kun reading compounds

  • 遍く 【あまねく】 widely, extensively, far and wide, everywhere, all around, generally, universally

Readings

Japanese names:
しん、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • universal
  • amplio
  • general
  • Prusia

Portuguese

  • vasto
  • universal(mente)
  • geralmente
  • Prussia

French

  • universel
  • largement
  • généralement
  • Prusse
1754 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
880 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
605 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1102 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
602 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1792 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1166 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1223 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
427 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
978 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2919 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2028 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1803 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13982 Morohashi
2323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2489 New Nelson (John Haig)
1786 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1925 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1548 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
978 2001 Kanji
2o10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-8-4 SKIP code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-41-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
666e Unicode hex code

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