Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    personal selection (esp. of a defense lawyer)

    esp. 私選see 国選

  2. private selection (e.g. of poetry)

    esp. 私撰see 勅撰

Also written 私撰【しせん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

private, I, me

Kun
わたくしわたし
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N4
Frequency
242 of 2500
Radical
grain
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
5d2.2The Kanji Dictionary
2293.0Four corner code
2271deroo
79c1Unicode hex code
1-27-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3265Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4124New Nelson (John Haig)
1115New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1432Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
758Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1030Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
902Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
968Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
221A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
637Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
367Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24913Morohashi
876A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
125Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
125Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
797sakade
232Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
887henshall3
852Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
17crowley
72Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
1428Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
911Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
si1Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elect, select, choose, prefer

Kun
えら.ぶえ.るよ.る
On
セン
Strokes
15
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
57 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-12, 3-2-12SKIP code
2q12.3The Kanji Dictionary
3730.8Four corner code
3561deroo
9078Unicode hex code
1-33-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4744Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6114New Nelson (John Haig)
3169New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3931Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1804Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
105A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2419Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
522Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39127PMorohashi
527A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
800Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
449sakade
967Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
556henshall3
626Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341crowley
264Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1822Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xuan3Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level