選 (せん) — selection, election, choosing

選せん selection

Frequency #2700 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 4 1 character noun

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せん

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. せん[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

selection
election
choosing

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

せん選 elect

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選(せん)手(しゅ) senshu athlete 選(えら)ぶ erabu to choose 選(せん)択(たく) sentaku selection 選(せん)挙(きょ) senkyo election 選(せん)択(たく)肢(し) sentakushi option 当(とう)選(せん) tousen election 予(よ)選(せん) yosen preliminary 選(せん)手(しゅ)権(けん) senshuken championship

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 選 (24)

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