選 choose

Also: select

On'yomi: セン
Kun'yomi: えら-ぶ
Strokes: 15
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 4

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): えら-ぶ.

Stroke order

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選 is written in 15 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Two figures stand on a table waiting while the road walks past them — you take the road up and choose one of them.

A common word

選ぶえらぶ to choose

Example sentences

すきな色を選んでください。
すきないろをえらんでください。
Please choose the color you like.
来月、選挙があります。
らいげつ、せんきょがあります。
There's an election next month.

Kanji that share a part

⻌ is its radical. 54 kanji share it in all.