仙 — kanji meaning “hermit”
仙
hermit, wizard, cent
- Meanings
- hermit, wizard, cent
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)、セント (sento)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- そま、のり
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1157 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- xiān — Chinese character page
Words with 仙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仙人 | せんにん sennin | immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit) |
| 仙台 | せんだい sendai | Sendai (city in Miyagi) |
| 水仙 | すいせん suisen | daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus |
| 歌仙 | かせん kasen | great (waka) poet; immortal poet |
| 仙道 | せんどう sendou | Taoist teachings; Taoist arts; path to becoming an immortal |
| 仙骨 | せんこつ senkotsu | sacrum; sacral bone |
| 神仙 | しんせん shinsen | immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being |
| 仙女 | せんじょ senjo | fairy; nymph; elf |
| 仙界 | せんかい senkai | dwelling place of hermits; pure land away from the world |
| 銘仙 | めいせん meisen | meisen silk |
| 鳳仙花 | ほうせんか housenka | (garden) balsam (Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not |
| 仙人掌 | せんにんしょう senninshou | cactus |
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