栓
栓 — Plug
plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper
On’yomiセン (sen)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 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 栓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栓抜き | せんぬき sennuki | bottle opener; corkscrew |
| 栓 | せん sen | stopper; cork; plug |
| 血栓 | けっせん kessen | thrombus; blood clot |
| 脳血栓 | のうけっせん noukessen | cerebral thrombosis |
Study notes
栓 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2199 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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