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仙 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

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準2High school level ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
セン・セントせん・せんと · sen · sento
Kun
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Meaning
hermit; sage

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" with 山 "mountain": one who withdraws to the mountains — a hermit.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen仙骨せんこつ仙人せんにん酒仙しゅせん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 仙人せんにん

    hermit; immortal

  • 仙台せんだい

    Sendai (place name)

More words with this kanji

  • 鳳仙花ほうせんか

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

仙人(せんにん)の話(はなし)が伝(つた)わっている。

A tale of a hermit has been handed down.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

仙人仙台仙人person台stand但howeve…伯eldest併combin…侮scorn侯marqui…桟crossp…栓plug旋rotate践tread禅Zen
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading センAll maps

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