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

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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

5 strokes
Radical:
clan
Parts:
people, nation, subjects
Kun:
たみ
On:
ミン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
28 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 民 【ミン】 citizen, resident, person, user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
  • 民意 【ミンイ】 popular will, will of the people
  • 自民 【ジミン】 Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
  • 公民 【コウミン】 citizen, freemen

Kun reading compounds

  • 民 【たみ】 people, citizens, subjects, folk
  • 民草 【たみくさ】 people, populace
  • 国民 【くにたみ】 people of a country
  • 流浪の民 【るろうのたみ】 wandering people, nomadic tribe

Readings

Japanese names:
ひと、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
min2
Korean:
min

Spanish

  • gente
  • pueblo

Portuguese

  • pessoas
  • nação
  • assuntos

French

  • peuple
  • nation
  • citoyen
518 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
619 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
590 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
70 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
25 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
246 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
206 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
333 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
177 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
177 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
536 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1149 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3770 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1922 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1851 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17028 Morohashi
3036 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3021 New Nelson (John Haig)
1834 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1976 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
30 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
459 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3756 2001 Kanji
0a5.23 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7774.7 Four corner code
1-44-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c11 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
think
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 思春期 【シシュンキ】 puberty, adolescence
  • 思考 【シコウ】 thought, consideration, thinking
  • 相思 【ソウシ】 mutual affection, mutual love
  • 哀思 【アイシ】 sad feeling

Kun reading compounds

  • 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to recall, to remember
  • 思う存分 【おもうぞんぶん】 to one's heart's content, to one's complete satisfaction, as much as one likes, heartily, thoroughly, without restraint, to the full

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si1, sai1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • pensar
  • considerar

Portuguese

  • pensar

French

  • penser
84 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
147 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
131 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
149 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3001 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
95 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
173 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
966 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
99 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
99 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
202 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
776 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3173 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
612 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10462 Morohashi
2564 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1824 New Nelson (John Haig)
605 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
651 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
175 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3658 2001 Kanji
5f4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
6033.0 Four corner code
1-27-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
601d Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
concept, think, idea, thought
Kun:
おも.う
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
381 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 想 【ソウ】 conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)
  • 想像 【ソウゾウ】 imagination, supposition, guess
  • 追想 【ツイソウ】 recollection, reminiscence
  • お愛想 【オアイソ】 compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check
  • 想 【ソウ】 conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)
  • 想像 【ソウゾウ】 imagination, supposition, guess
  • お愛想 【オアイソ】 compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check

Kun reading compounds

  • 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to recall, to remember

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang3
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • concepto
  • idea
  • pensamiento

Portuguese

  • conceito
  • pensar
  • idéia
  • pensamento

French

  • concept
  • pensée
  • idée
660 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
350 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
532 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
352 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1728 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
324 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
544 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
147 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
796 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3507 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1810 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
616 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10858 Morohashi
2828 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1922 New Nelson (John Haig)
609 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
656 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
197 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
421 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1858 2001 Kanji
4k9.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
4633.0 Four corner code
1-33-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60f3 Unicode hex code