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選

Choose
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingセン
Kun readingえら.ぶ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4Level 13

Verbs with «選»

選ぶ選択する選べる選定する選任する厳選する当選する選出する

Meanings

  1. choose
    彼女の条件が結婚相手を選ぶ際の優先事項だ。Her conditions for choosing a marriage partner took priority.tatoeba
  2. electRtK
  3. select
    彼は彼女のクリスマスプレゼントを選んだ。He selected a Christmas gift for her.tatoeba
    まず、一筆書きできる柄を選ぶ。First, a unicursal pattern is selected.wiki
  4. prefer
  1. selection
  2. choice
  3. choosing
  4. picking
  5. election

Homonyms

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Same reading (せん)
千 · thousand線 · line栓 · stopper銭 · sen (hundredth of a yen)

Popular Usage

選ぶ選手選択

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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southeast · snake (乙) · self (自) · strung together · salad · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1944

Compound words

選ぶえらぶ
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
選手せんしゅ
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
選択せんたく
choice; selection; option
選択するせんたくする
to choose
改選かいせん
election (for a seat or position at the end of a term)
互選ごせん
election by mutual vote; election from within a committee (party, etc.); internal vote
公選こうせん
public election; election by popular vote
再選さいせん
re-election; reelection
三選さんせん
third-term election
人選じんせん
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
精選せいせん
careful selection
選挙せんきょ
election
選考せんこう
selection; choice; screening
選出せんしゅつ
election; selection; choice
選定せんてい
selection
選任せんにん
nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment
選抜せんばつ
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
選別せんべつ
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
抽選ちゅうせん
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
当選とうせん
being elected; winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); being selected (for a prize, etc.)
入選にゅうせん
being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning
予選よせん
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; preliminary selection
選るよる
to choose; to select; to pick out
落選らくせん
failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection

Additional Examples

彼は法律を生涯の仕事に選んだ。
He made law his life career.tatoeba
彼は肉体的にも精神的にも野球選手に適している。
He suits a ballplayer mentally, too, physically, too.tatoeba
彼は当選の見込みが十分ある。
He is in a fair way to being elected.tatoeba
汁を濁さず、口当たりのよいものを選ぶ。
Select a food material with a pleasant mouth-feel that does not make the stock cloudy.wiki
選手が転倒した場合
If a contender falls;wiki
全日本忍者選手権大会
All Japan Ninja Championshipwiki
食事の選択権がない
No choice of mealswiki
これを選択無形文化財ともいう。
They are called "selected intangible cultural properties."wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Choose. ⻌ (movement) + 巽 (people on a platform) — walking past and picking the best.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 選

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step