The kanji 選: meaning, readings and stroke order

選

Meaning: choose
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: えら（ぶ） erabu
Strokes: 15
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chọn, lựa (tuyển)
Japanese: えらぶ。
Korean: 고르다 (선)
Chinese: 选、挑选 (选)

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading

選せん手しゅ
player, athlete
野球の 選せん手しゅになりたいです。
I want to be a baseball player.

えら（ぶ） erabu · kun reading

選えらぶ
to choose
すきな色を 選えらびます。
I choose the color I like.

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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.