仙
仙 — Hermit
hermit, wizard, cent
On’yomiセン (sen)
On’yomiセント (sento)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 仙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仙台 | せんだい sendai | Sendai (city in Miyagi) |
| 仙人 | せんにん sennin | immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires |
| 水仙 | すいせん suisen | daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus |
Study notes
仙 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1157 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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