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選 means 'choose'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 222   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-5    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 18    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 142 words   Used in 340 words   Used in 27 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セン
Kun
   えらぶ choose
Variants
选 (Chinese)  
Notes
Right side exists as a rarely-used kanji, 巽 (southeast)
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  ⿱  ⿰  己 self  己 self  共 together  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 選 is used 14 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 選 is used 322 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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セン : 300 words FIND ALL
せ ん し ゅ 1
noun
player (in game); team member
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セン (read as ぜん) : 1 word FIND ALL
suru verb - special class, transitive verb
to choose; to take; to select; to pick out
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えらぶ : 21 words FIND ALL
え ら ぶ 2
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
to choose; to select
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An additional 18 less common words include 選 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 556 (originally: 527)  Joy o' Kanji : 527  Key to Kanji: 640 

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選
セン   えらぶ choose   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
⻌
move
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