Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

506 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely

Kunyomi: もっぱ.ら

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: すん

Meaning: thumb, inch

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

門(せんもん)   speciality

攻(せんこう)   major (at university)

念する(せんねんする)   devote oneself to [v.i.]

ら(もっぱら)   wholly, mostly

Onyomi Examples

セン having a fetish for ..., specializing in ..., majoring in ..., first, foremost, number one priority, doing as one pleases, acting selfishly, fired brick

センギョウ special occupation, principal occupation, specialty, monopoly

ジュウセン housing-loan corporation

コウセン technical college, higher schools and colleges

Kunyomi Examples

もっぱら wholly, solely, entirely, exclusively, devotedly, fixedly, principally, mostly, chiefly, mainly

らにする もっぱらにする devote oneself to, to do as one pleases, to act selfishly