Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: composing, editing, compiling, selecting

Kunyomi: せん.する えら.む えら.ぶ

Onyomi: サン セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

セン anthology (of poetry, etc.), compilation, collection, selection

選集 センシュウ selection (e.g. of poems, texts), anthology, selected extracts

特選 トクセン special selection, special approval, special prize, highest honours

百選 ヒャクセン top hundred, hundred best

Kunyomi Examples

する せんする to write (prose, etc.), to compile (an anthology)

選ぶ えらぶ to choose, to select