撰
composing; editing; compiling; selecting
15 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.
Readings
- セン (on reading): 撰 (せん) anthology (of poetry, etc.); 勅撰和歌集 (ちょくせんわかしゅう) poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439)
- サン (on reading): 杜撰 (ずさん) careless; 杜撰脱漏 (ずさんだつろう) careless (slipshod) and with many omissions
- せんする (kun reading): 撰する (せんする) to write (prose, etc.)
- えらむ (kun reading)
- えらぶ (kun reading)
Components
- 扌
- 巽
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 已 radical oneself; already, 己 forms
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
Words using 撰
- 撰 (せん) anthology (of poetry, etc.)
- 勅撰和歌集 (ちょくせんわかしゅう) poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439)
- 撰者 (せんじゃ) author
- 勅撰 (ちょくせん) compilation for the emperor
- 勅撰集 (ちょくせんしゅう) imperially commissioned poetry anthology
- 杜撰 (ずさん) careless
- 杜撰脱漏 (ずさんだつろう) careless (slipshod) and with many omissions
- 撰する (せんする) to write (prose, etc.)
16 words in all.