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僭 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
シン・センしん・せん · shin · sen
Kun
せん.する・おご.るsen.suru · ogo.ru
Meaning
to usurp; presumptuous

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Person 亻 with 朁 as phonetic: to act beyond one's proper station.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 僭越せんえつ

    presumption; taking liberties

  • 僭称せんしょう

    pretending to a title

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

僭越(せんえつ)ながら一言(ひとこと)申(もう)し上(あ)げます。

If I may be so bold, allow me a word.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

僭称僭越僭称name越cross…仂remain…仆to fal…仍theref…仗arms仟thousa…刋to cut阡a thou…芟to mow…沁to soa…忱sincer…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading シンAll maps

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