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Kanji Detail for 仙 - "hermit, immortal, sage"

仙

  • Meaning

    仙 means "hermit, immortal, sage."

    1. Hermit - One who lives in solitude; a mountain recluse.

    2. Immortal - A being who has transcended death; a sage with supernatural powers.

    3. Wizard - One with mystical abilities.

    4. Otherworldly - Ethereal; transcendent; beyond the ordinary.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hermit; wizard; cent

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    immortal

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    god; fairy; immortal, transcendent

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

    In Daoism, those who abstain from grains and cultivate themselves to achieve immortality are called 仙. | As opposed to ordinary. Anything beyond the ordinary is called 仙. Du Fu has "Song of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup." | A praising term for the deceased. Such as 仙逝, 仙去 (passed away). | A currency name in Hong Kong. Ten cents (仙) equals one 毫.
  • Onyomitip

    sen(せん) せん

  • Kunyomitip

    sennin sennin

    sento sento

  • Strokestip

    5 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords
    hermit immortal wizard sage transcendent mystical ethereal celestial spiritual enlightened pure serene mountain recluse longevity supernatural magical divine fairy heavenly

Sentences including 仙

  • He does not live in sendai.

  • She is going to sendai this spring.

  • Not i but my brother lives in sendai.

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