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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: 巽 辶

選

Radical

Radical: 辵

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

選択する(せんたくする)   choose

選考する(せんこうする)   screen, select [v.t.]

当選する(とうせんする)   be elected

抽選する(ちゅうせんする)   draw (of lots)

選挙(せんきょ)   election

選手(せんしゅ)   player

予選(よせん)   preliminaries, try-outs

選ぶ(えらぶ)   choose

Onyomi Examples

選 (セン) selection, choice, choosing, picking, election

選挙 (センキョ) election

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

公選 (コウセン) public election, election by popular vote

Kunyomi Examples

選ぶ (えらぶ) to choose, to select

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

選る (よる) to choose, to select, to pick out

選る (よる) to choose, to select, to pick out

Left-click: rotate, Mouse-wheel/middle-click: zoom, Right-click: pan