15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

composing, editing, compiling, selecting

Kun'yomi
  • to write (prose, etc.) ②to compile (an anthology)
  • えら
  • to choose
On'yomi
  • サン
  • anthology (of poetry, etc.)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

セン 47.6%
せんする 47.6%
サン 3.1%
えらえら 1.8%

Character Breakdown

composing, editing, compiling
セン せん.する サン (Kentei Pre-1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
southeast
たつみ ソン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

anthology (of poetry, etc.)
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439)
imperially-commissioned poetry anthology
compilation for the emperor
writing (a book)
writing (a book)
careless (slipshod) and with many omissions
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References

Unicode hex code 64B0
JIS X 0208 1-32-81
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1996
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2277
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 911
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 672
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2253
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2357
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12753X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c12.9
Four corner code 5708.1
De Roo Code 1361