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撰
Kanji meaning "composing, editing, compiling"
Jiten frequency #2806
Jinmeiyou
Kanken Level 準1
RTK
TMW Divine Idol
15 strokes
Meanings
composing, editing, compiling, selecting
On'yomi
サン
セン
Kun'yomi
せん.する
えら.む
えら.ぶ
Reading usage
せん
34 (83%)
えら
3 (7%)
さん
2 (5%)
あつむ
1 (2%)
よ
1 (2%)
新
(
しん
)
撰
(
せん
)
組
(
ぐみ
)
Shinsengumi
#56869
撰
(
せん
)
anthology (of poetry, etc.)
#79660
撰
(
せん
)
する
to write (prose, etc.)
#166559
新
(
しん
)
撰
(
せん
)
newly compiled
#170118
喜撰
(
きせん
)
Kisen (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
#192769
特
(
とく
)
撰
(
せん
)
special selection
#194383
撰
(
せん
)
集
(
しゅう
)
selection (e.g. of poems, texts)
#198099
勅
(
ちょく
)
撰
(
せん
)
compilation for the emperor
#205297
撰
(
せん
)
者
(
じゃ
)
author
#209890
撰定
(
せんてい
)
Sentei
#220663
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杜
(
ず
)
撰
(
さん
)
careless
#38047
新
(
しん
)
撰
(
せん
)
組
(
ぐみ
)
Shinsengumi
#56869
撰
(
せん
)
anthology (of poetry, etc.)
#79660
撰
(
えら
)
ぶ
to choose
#146060
撰
(
せん
)
する
to write (prose, etc.)
#166559
撰
(
よ
)
る
to choose
#168410
新
(
しん
)
撰
(
せん
)
newly compiled
#170118
喜撰
(
きせん
)
Kisen (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
#192769
特
(
とく
)
撰
(
せん
)
special selection
#194383
撰
(
せん
)
集
(
しゅう
)
selection (e.g. of poems, texts)
#198099
勅
(
ちょく
)
撰
(
せん
)
compilation for the emperor
#205297
撰
(
せん
)
者
(
じゃ
)
author
#209890
撰定
(
せんてい
)
Sentei
#220663
勅
(
ちょく
)
撰
(
せん
)
和
(
わ
)
歌
(
か
)
集
(
しゅう
)
poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439)
#223165
喜撰法師
(
きせんほうし
)
Monk Kisen (Heian period poet)
#232210
勅
(
ちょく
)
撰
(
せん
)
集
(
しゅう
)
imperially commissioned poetry anthology
#242545
修
(
しゅう
)
撰
(
せん
)
editing
#263211
撰
(
せん
)
録
(
ろく
)
compiling
#277366
撰
(
せん
)
文
(
ぶん
)
writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.)
#281214
撰
(
せん
)
述
(
じゅつ
)
writing (a book)
#283739
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