JLPT N1 · 5 strokes
Kanji 仙: "hermit, wizard, cent"
The kanji 仙 means "hermit, wizard, cent". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read セン, セント in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
センセント
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | hermit, wizard, cent |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1157 of 2,501 |
Common words with 仙
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 仙hermit; wizard · wizardry
- 仙台Sendai (city in Miyagi)
- 仙人immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit) · person not bound by earthly desires
- 水仙daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
- 神仙immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being · (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
- 仙術wizardry; secret of immortality
- 仙女fairy; nymph; elf
- 銘仙meisen silk
- 仙境fairyland; enchanted land
- 六歌仙six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū
- 仙骨sacrum; sacral bone · hermitry; appearance of a hermit; unworldliness; unusual physique
- 歌仙great (waka) poet; immortal poet
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