Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

57 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: elect, select, choose, prefer

Kunyomi: えら.ぶ え.る よ.る

Onyomi: セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

択する(せんたくする)   choose

考する(せんこうする)   screen, select [v.t.]

する(とうせんする)   be elected

する(ちゅうせんする)   draw (of lots)

挙(せんきょ)   election

手(せんしゅ)   player

(よせん)   preliminaries, try-outs

ぶ(えらぶ)   choose

Onyomi Examples

セン selection, choice, choosing, picking, election

センキョ election

チュウセン lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)

コウセン public election, election by popular vote

Kunyomi Examples

えらぶ to choose, to select

ぶところがない えらぶところがない being the same thing (as), being indistinguishable (from)

よる to choose, to select

よる to choose, to select