Japanese symbol for “trials”

予選会

よせんかい

Romaji: yosenkai

qualifying tournament; preliminaries; trials; primaries

In Japanese, trials is 予選会, read よせんかい (yosenkai).

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Meanings

n qualifying tournament; preliminaries; trials; primaries

Kanji and stroke order

予

beforehand, previous, myself

on: ヨ、シャ
kun: あらかじ.め

4 strokes · JLPT 2

選

elect, select, choose

on: セン
kun: えら.ぶ、え.る、よ.る

15 strokes · JLPT 2

会

meeting, meet, party

on: カイ、エ
kun: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる

6 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
予定	よてい yotei	plans; arrangement; schedule
予想	よそう yosou	expectation; anticipation; prediction
予約	よやく yoyaku	reservation; appointment; booking
予算	よさん yosan	estimate (of costs); budget
予選	よせん yosen	preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial
予備	よび yobi	reserve; spare
選手	せんしゅ senshu	player (of a sport); athlete; team member
選挙	せんきょ senkyo	election
会社	かいしゃ kaisha	company; corporation; firm

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.