Kanji1 / 15
選 kanji
elect, select, choose, prefer
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
セン
Kun readings
えらぶえるよる
Words with 選
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —選科elective course; special course; non-regular course
- —選書anthology; selection of books
- —選球waiting for a good hit at a pitch
- —選評selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
- —選鉱ore sorting; ore dressing
- —選歌selection of poems; selected poems
- —選管election administration
- —決選final election; run-off
- —選時election time; election period
- —補選special election; by-election; bye-election
- —選言disjunction
- —選日selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner
- —選好preference
- —選対election campaign strategy; election tactics
- —風選wind winnowing
- —多選being re-elected (multiple times)
- —国選selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment
- —選地selection of a site (for a castle, burial mound, etc.); siting
- —再選挙repeat election; recall election
- —市長選mayoral election