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仙

hermit
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingセン、セント
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. hermitRtK
  2. cent
  3. wizard
  1. immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism)
  2. mountain man (esp. a hermit)
  3. person not bound by earthly desires

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · mountain (山)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1061

Compound words

水仙すいせん
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
仙人せんにん
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
仙台せんだい
Sendai (city in Miyagi)
歌仙かせん
great (waka) poet
酒仙しゅせん
heavy drinker
神仙しんせん
immortal/god
仙界せんかい
dwelling place of hermits
仙境せんきょう
fairyland/paradise
仙窟せんくつ
enchanted cave
仙丹せんたん
elixir (of life)
仙臺せんだい
Sendai (city in Miyagi)
仙蓼せんりょう
glabrous sarcandra herb (Sarcandra glabra)
黄水仙きずいせん
jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla)
画仙紙がせんし
Xuan paper (Chinese drawing paper)
雅仙紙がせんし
Xuan paper (Chinese drawing paper)
三仙叉さんせんさ
trident dagger
仙花紙せんかし
reclaimed paper
仙台侯せんだいこう
Lord of Sendai
中仙道なかせんどう
Nakasendo (Edo-period highway)
鳳仙花ホウセンカ
(garden) balsam (Impatiens balsamina)
鍾馗水仙しょうきずいせん
Lycoris traubii (species of spider lily)
神仙思想しんせんしそう
Shenxian thought (ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards)
仙棘靭帯せんきょくじんたい
sacrospinous ligament
仙棘靱帯せんきょくじんたい
sacrospinous ligament

Additional Examples

彼は仙台駅で列車を乗り換えた。
He changed trains at Sendai Station.tatoeba
彼は仙台に住んではいない。
He does not live in Sendai.tatoeba
仙台行きの列車は出たばかりです。
The train bound for Sendai has just left.tatoeba
仙台駅で東京行きに乗り換えて下さい。
Change trains at Sendai Station for Tokyo.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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