撰 — kanji meaning “composing”
撰
composing, editing, compiling, selecting
- Meanings
- composing, editing, compiling, selecting
- On'yomi
- サン (san)、セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- せん.する、えら.む、えら.ぶ
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- zhuàn — Chinese character page
Words with 撰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杜撰 | ずさん zusan | careless; sloppy; faulty |
| 勅撰 | ちょくせん chokusen | compilation for the emperor; emperor's literary production |
| 撰者 | せんじゃ senja | author; compiler; editor |
| 撰述 | せんじゅつ senjutsu | writing (a book) |
| 修撰 | しゅうせん shuusen | editing; compiling |
| 勅撰集 | ちょくせんしゅう chokusenshuu | imperially commissioned poetry anthology |
| 撰修 | せんしゅう senshuu | writing (a book); compiling; editing |
| 撰録 | せんろく senroku | compiling; editing; writing |
| 官撰 | かんせん kansen | government compilation |
| 杜撰脱漏 | ずさんだつろう zusandatsurou | careless (slipshod) and with many omissions |
| 撰する | せんする sensuru | to write (prose, etc.) |
| 撰文 | せんぶん senbun | writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.); composition; epitaph |
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