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composing
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingサン、セン
Kun readingせん.する、えら.む、えら.ぶ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. composing
  2. editing
  3. compiling
  4. selecting
  5. assortmentRtK
  1. anthology (of poetry, etc.)
  2. compilation
  3. collection
  4. selection

Radicals and components

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Compound words

杜撰ずさん
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
私撰しせん
personal selection (esp. of a defense lawyer)
自撰じせん
selecting from one's own works
修撰しゅうせん
editing
新撰しんせん
newly compiled
撰ぶえらぶ
to choose
撰るよる
to choose
撰集せんしゅう
selection (e.g. of poems, texts)
勅撰ちょくせん
compilation for the emperor
百撰ひゃくせん
top hundred

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

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