仙

hermit, wizard, cent

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

センセント

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

そまのり

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:5

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1157

Vocabulary

セン

Word	Reading	Meaning
水仙	スイセン	daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
水仙	スイセン	daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
仙人	センニン	immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
仙台	センダイ	Sendai (city in Miyagi)
歌仙	カセン	great (waka) poet; immortal poet

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
仙	セント	cent (monetary unit)
黄水仙	きずいせん	jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla)
黄水仙	きすいせん	jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla)
黄水仙	キズイセン	jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla)
仙	せん	hermit; wizard; wizardry

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

concave, hollow, sunken

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India

year, counter for years

brush-stroke, picture