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Kanji Detail for 撰 - "to compose, to pick, to select"

撰

  • Meaning

    撰 means "to compose, to pick, to select."

    1. To compose - To write poetry; to create literature.

    2. To select - To choose and gather; to compile; to edit.

    3. To pick - To select the best.

  • Words using 撰

    • 杜撰 ずさん Listen careless; sloppy; faulty

  • Four-character idioms with 撰

    • 杜撰脱漏 ずさんだつろう Listen careless (slipshod) and with many omissions

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    • Verified meaning: to compose, to pick, to select
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつむ, えなみ, えらび, えらぶ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 撰

    Given names 撰(あつむ)Listen

    Surnames 撰(えなみ)Listen 撰(えらび)Listen 撰(えらぶ)Listen 撰(えらみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    composing; editing; compiling; selecting

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    compose, write, compile

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to compose; to compile

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to compose, to write

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To prepare. Like matters. (Analects) "Different from my preparations." | Composing words to record matters is 撰. Such as 撰述, 撰著. | To hold. | Same as 選. To choose. 白選, an ancient shell currency name, is also written as 白撰.

  • Onyomi

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    san(サン) サン

    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

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    era.bu(えら-ぶ) えら-ぶ

    era.mu(えら-む) えら-む

    sen.suru(せん-する) せん-する

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to compose to pick to select assemble edit gather compile collect author write choose create

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