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JLPT N1 · 5 strokes

The kanji 仙 — “sage, immortal”

仙 means sage, immortal and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 5 strokes and uses the person (side) radical (亻).

Stroke order · 5 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): セン、セント
Kun'yomi (訓読み): —
Radical: 亻 · person (side)
Strokes: 5

How to remember 仙

A person (亻) living on a mountain (山) — a mountain hermit sage. 仙台 (Sendai) means 'stage of the sage'.

Example words with 仙

On'yomi readings

仙人せんにんmountain hermit, immortal sage
仙台せんだいSendai

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