17 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

fresh, vivid, clear, brilliant, Korea

Kun'yomi
  • vivid ②skillful
On'yomi
  • セン
    Korea

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

セン 64.3%
あざやか 35.7%

Character Breakdown

fresh, vivid, clear
セン あざ.やか (7th, N1)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
sheep
ひつじ ヨウ よ (3rd, N1)
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)

Contained In

Common Words

vivid ②skillful
(degree of) freshness
those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion
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References

Unicode hex code 9BAE
JIS X 0208 1-33-15
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5295
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6864
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1877
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2355
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1210
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1656
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 551
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 590
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 833
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2670
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1350
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46133
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1501
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 701
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 714
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1920
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1891
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 471
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 916
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1932
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 557
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a6.7
Four corner code 2835.1
De Roo Code 2555