せん

See also: ぜん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of せん – see the following entries.

【千】1	[numeral] a thousand, 1000 [affix] thousand [affix] (by extension) very large number [proper noun] a surname, especially from the line of tea ceremony masters

【先】1	[noun] before, previous

【線】2	[noun] line [noun] level [noun] beam [suffix] (sciences) ray [suffix] (public transport) line

【選】4	[noun] selection [noun] choice [noun] choosing [noun] replacement for the less-common character 籤 in Sino-Japanese compounds such as 抽籤 ("drawing lots")

【戦】4	[noun] a battle, conflict, fight, war [noun] a game, match [noun] a competition, contest [noun] a shiver, shudder, tremble [suffix] (especially in sports) match, competition, contest [affix] battle, conflict, fight, war [affix] shivering, shuddering, trembling [proper noun] a surname

【銭】6	[noun] hundredth of a yen [noun] (obsolete, archaic) one-thousandth of a kan

【栓】S	[noun] stopper; cork; bung; plug

【仙】S

[noun] a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless

[noun] (mythology) short for 仙人 (sennin): a wizard or mage; an immortal living as a hermit in the mountains

[noun] by extension, the region or area where a sennin lives

[noun] the supernatural techniques for becoming immortal and ageless

[noun] a person of exceptional talent

【宣】6	[noun] proclamation (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) [verb] declare (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname

【栓】S	[noun] stopper; cork; bung; plug

【腺】S	[noun] (anatomy) gland

【箋】S	[noun] a slip of paper [noun] a label made of wood, bamboo, ivory, or paper

【閃】J	[proper noun] a female given name

【仟】H	[noun] (financial, archaic) thousand

【筌】H	[noun] a device placed in a river used to capture fish

【餞】H	[noun] a farewell or parting gift [verb] to see someone depart

(This term, せん (sen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as せん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as せん.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 専, 煎, 羨, 詮, 籤, 繊, 銑, 鏟, 倩, 阡, 疝, 賤, 磚, 塼, 甎, 氈, 饌.)

せん • (sen)