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Radical Index : : 選

セン, えら.ぶ
elect, select, choose, prefer
This kanji has 15 strokes: 7 strokes in the "walk" radical (しんにょうしんにゅう) and 8 other strokes
Sample Compounds (200):
1.

せんきょにん

qualified voter
2.

ごせん

mutual election, co-opting
3.

せんしゅけん

leading, top-rank, champion
4.

よせん

nomination, primary, preliminary contest
5.

せんてい

selection
6.

こうせん

public election
7.

せんにん

election
8.

せんきょせん

election campaign
9.

ちゅうせん

lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
10.

せんばつ

selection, choice, picking out
11.

えらぶ

to choose, to select
12.

せんしゅむら

athlete''s village (during Olympics)
13.

らくせん

election loss, rejection
14.

さいせん

re-election
15.

せんべつ

selection, classification, sorting, screening, triage
16.

かいせん

re-election
17.

せんしゅつ

election
18.

ちょくせつせんきょ

direct election
19.

せんきょ

election
20.

しょうせんきょく

small electoral district, single-member constituency
21.

せんしょう

recommendation
22.

とうせん

being elected, winning the prize
23.

さんせん

third-term election
24.

せんたく

selection, choice, option
25.

せんたくかもく

elective subject or course
26.

せんきょうんどう

participation in election campaign
27.

せんこう

selection, screening
28.

そうせんきょ

general election
29.

じんせん

personnel selection
30.

せんたくし

choices, alternatives, options
31.

せいせん

careful selection
32.

とくせん

specially selected, choice
33.

せんきょけん

suffrage
34.

せん

selection, choice, election, compilation, editing
35.

けっせんとうひょう

final (decisive) vote, run-off ballot
36.
ける
よりわける

to classify, to sort out
37.

せんじゃ

judge, selector
38.

よる

to choose, to select
39.

にゅうせん

chosen (in a competition)
40.

せんしゅ

player (in game), team member
41.

しぜんせんたく

natural selection
42.

だいとうりょうせんきょ

presidential election
43.

やせん

(baseball) a fielder''s choice
44.

せんかせい

special student
45.

せんたん

sorting of coal
46.

にゅうせんしゃ

winner, winning candidate
47.
オープン
オープンせんしゅけん

open competition
48.
びとる
えらびとる

to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
49.

じゆうけいやくせんしゅ

free agent
50.

せんきょにんとうろく

voter registration
51.

ちほうせんきょ

local election, regional elections
52.

こうしょくせんきょほう

Public Office Election Law
53.

せんか

sorting fruit
54.

ひみつせんきょ

secret ballot
55.
クローン
クローンせんたくせつ

clonal selection theory
56.

えらびとる

to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
57.

せんしゅけんじあい

title match, championship bout
58.

しゅしゃせんたく

selection, making a choice, sifting, decision to adopt or reject
59.
簿
せんきょにんめいぼ

voter registration list, electoral register
60.

ちゅうかんせんきょ

by-election, interim election
61.

よせんかい

primary caucus
62.

せんか

selection of poems, selected poems
63.

せんじつ

selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar, date selected in such a manner
64.

ひせんきょけん

eligibility for election, suffrage
65.

ひとつぶえり

careful selection
66.

えらびだす

to select, to pick out
67.

せんしゅけんたいかい

championship series
68.

しゅしょうこうせんせい

system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote
69.

せんきょせいど

electoral system
70.

ちゅうせんきょくせい

(Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district
71.

よせんつうかしゃ

qualifier
72.

こうせんせい

popular election system
73.

せんがい

unselected
74.

ひせんきょしかく

electoral eligibility
75.

ひとつぶより

careful selection
76.

えらびかた

choice
77.

せんしゅせいめい

player''s career, one''s career in sport, one''s career as an athlete
78.

しゅうぎかいせんきょ

state or provincial election
79.

よびせんきょ

preliminary election, a primary (election)
80.

こうせんしゅ

strong or skillful person, good player
81.

せんがいかさく

honorable mention, honourable mention
82.

ひせんきょにん

person eligible for elective office
83.

うんどうせんしゅ

athlete
84.

しゅうぎせん

state or provincial election
85.

せんきょび

election day
86.

ちゅうせんけん

lottery ticket
87.

よびせんしゅ

reserve player
88.

ひかえせんしゅ

substitute player, reserve
89.

せんかん

election administration
90.

せんばつしけん

selection test
91.

ひゃくせん

selection of a hundred pieces (music, etc.)
92.
簿
えいきゅうせんきょにんめいぼ

permanent voter registration list
93.
りすぐる
えりすぐる

to choose the best
94.

せんしゅだん

team, squad
95.

じゅうりょうけんとうせんしゅ

heavy weight boxer
96.

せんきょほう

election laws
97.

ちょくせん

imperial nomination
98.

こくせんべんごにん

court-appointed attorney
99.

せんきゅう

waiting for a good hit at a pitch (baseball)
100.

せんぴょう

selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
101.

ふかのうせんたく

unavailable choice
102.

かのうせんたく

available choice
103.

えりくず

trash
104.

せんしゅう

selection, anthology, selected extracts
105.

じゅうりょうせんしゅ

heavyweight player
106.

せんきょみん

voters, electorate
107.

ちょくせんしゅう

emperor-sponsored anthology
108.

らくせんしゃ

unsuccessful candidate
109.

せんきゅうがん

batting eye (ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike) (baseball)
110.

ふせん

women''s suffrage
111.

よりくず

trash
112.

しょきせんたくこうもく

initial choice
113.

せんきょく

tuning (a radio)
114.

つぶより

the pick, the choice
115.

さいせんきょ

re-election
116.

せんみん

the chosen people
117.

ふせん

universal suffrage
118.

がいじんせんしゅ

foreign athlete
119.

えりごのみ

being particular about, fastidious
120.

せんしょ

anthology, selection of books
121.

せんきょく

chosen song, choosing a song, to choose a song
122.

とぎせん

Tokyo Assembly elections
123.

よいひをえらぶ

to choose a lucky (auspicious) day
124.

さいゆうしゅうせんしゅ

(the) most valuable player, MVP
125.

せんきょにでる

to run for election
126.

せんみんいしき

sense of being the chosen people
127.

ふっかつとうせん

failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency
128.

かんせん

government-appointed
129.

よりごのみ

being particular about, fastidious
130.

しょうせんきょくせい

single-seat constituency system
131.

せんげん

(logical) disjunction
132.
えて
せんきょをひかえて

with the election around the corner
133.

せんみんしそう

elitism
134.

ぶんせん

typesetting
135.

かんせんべんごにん

court-appointed attorney
136.

よりどり

picking and choosing
137.

せんたいほんぶ

election headquarters
138.

しょうせんきょくひれいだいひょうへいりつせい

electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies
139.

せんげんてき

disjunctive
140.

とうせんかくじつ

projected to win, sure to be elected, home free
141.

さんいんせん

House of Councillors election
142.
ポスター
せんきょポスター

campaign poster
143.

せんりょう

member of parliament
144.

ぶんせんこう

typesetter, compositor
145.

かんせつせんきょ

indirect election
146.

よりどりみどり

having one''s choice
147.

じょうずにえらぶ

to make a good choice
148.

せんげんてきさんだんろんぽう

disjunctive syllogism
149.

とうせんきすう

electoral quota (e.g. in a proportional representation system)
150.

さんぎいんせんきょ

House of Councillors election
151.

せんきょいはん

electoral irregularities
152.

ぜんこくこうとうがっこうやきゅうせんしゅけんたいかい

Japan''s National High School Baseball Tournament (Koshien)
153.

ほけつせんきょ

special election, by-election
154.

きさせんにん

staggered terms (applied to corporate directors as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers)
155.

えりだす

to select, to pick out
156.

しんせん

newly compiled, selected or edited
157.

せんげんてきはんだん

disjunctive judgment (judgement)
158.

とうせんけんない

(having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election)
159.

しちょうせん

mayoral election
160.

そうさいせん

presidential election
161.

ほせん

bye-election, by-election
162.

けいりんせんしゅ

professional cyclist
163.

よりだす

to select, to pick out
164.

せんたくけん

choice, option
165.

じんいせんたく

artificial selection
166.

とうせんしゃ

successful candidate
167.

しちょうせんきょ

mayoral election
168.

せんきょうんどうしきん

campaign fund
169.

ほんせん

final selection
170.

きんせん

carefully selected
171.

えりぬき

the very best, elite
172.

せんたくこうもく

choice
173.

せんこういいんかい

selection (screening, nomination) committee
174.

とうせんとうかく

candidates (in an election) who have won or are projected to be elected
175.

しちょうそんちょうせんきょ

mayoral election
176.

せんきょかんりいいんかい

Committee for Election Administration
177.

そうとうせんきょ

presidential election
178.

ほんせんきょ

original selection
179.

くりあげとうせん

win an election due to another''s death or disqualification
180.

えりぬく

to select, to choose
181.

せんたくし

selector, selective
182.

せかいせんしゅけん

world (an international) championship (title)
183.

せんこうきじゅん

criterion (criteria) for selection
184.

とういつちほうせんきょ

nationwide local elections
185.

しちょうちょうちょうせんきょ

mayoral election
186.

せんきょく

electoral district, precinct
187.
くのから
おおくのなかからえらぶ

to choose among many things
188.

ばんのうせんしゅ

all-around athlete
189.

くりあげとうせん

win an election due to another''s death or disqualification
190.

よりぬく

to select, to choose
191.

せんこう

ore sorting, ore dressing
192.

しせん

personal selection
193.

たしせんたくしきしもん

multiple-choice question
194.

みんせん

popular election
195.

けっせん

final election, run-off
196.
ける
えりわける

to classify, to sort out
197.

せんたくじゅぎょう

elective class
198.

せんじ

election time, election period
199.

とくせんひん

choice goods
200.

しせん

selected poems

Kuten Code: 3310
EUC Code: c1aa
Shift-JIS Code: 9149
JIS Code: 412a
Unicode: 9078
Radical Index: 162
Frequency Rank: 57
Jouyou Grade: 4
DeRoo Code: 3561
Four Corner code: 3730.8
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 3169
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 4744
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 6114
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 341
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 721
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 556
"Kanji in Context" Index: 264
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 2026
"Essential Kanji" Index: 522
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 449
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 626
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 2q12.3
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 800
Morohashi Volume.Page: 11.180
Gakken Index: 527
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 105
"Japanese Names" Index: 1804
Korean Reading: seon
Pinyin: xuan3


Radical Index : : 選

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