選 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「辵」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「辵」
- On
- センせん · sen
- Kun
- えら(ぶ)era(bu)
- Meaning
- to choose; select; elect
Stroke order
Origin
Combines 辶 (to go) with 巽 (to arrange/offer); to pick out and present, hence 'to choose'.
Readings and examples
| Onセンせんsen | 選択せんたく選挙せんきょ当選とうせん |
|---|---|
| Kunえらぶerabu | 選ぶえらぶ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 選手せんしゅ
athlete; player
- 選挙せんきょ
election
- 選抜せんばつ
- 選択せんたく
- 抽選ちゅうせん
- 選択肢せんたくし
- 選別せんべつ
Example
すきな 本を 一さつ 選んだ。
I chose one book that I like.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)