The kanji 専: meaning, readings and stroke order
専
- Meaning
- special, only
- On reading
- セン sen
- Kun reading
- もっぱ(ら) moppara
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 寸 thumb, inch
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 專
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chuyên, chỉ một (chuyên)
- Japanese
- ひとつの ことだけ する。
- Korean
- 전문, 오로지 (전)
- Chinese
- 专门、专 (专)
Readings, words and example sentences
セン sen · on reading
専門
specialty, field of work
父の 専門は 機械です。
My dad's specialty is machines.
もっぱ(ら) moppara · kun reading · less common
専ら
mostly, mainly
休みは 専ら 本を 読んで います。
On days off, I mostly read books.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.