noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. selection, choice, screening.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
選考 せんこう
銓衡 せんこう
詮衡 せんこう
選衡 せんこう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

elect, select, choose
セン えら.ぶ え.る (4th, N3)
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)
consider, think over
かんが.える コウ たか (2nd, N4)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
コウ さまた.げられる