鮮
鮮 — Fresh
fresh, vivid, clear, brilliant, Korea
On’yomiセン (sen)
Kun’yomiあざやか (azayaka)
Stroke order (17 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 鮮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北朝鮮 | きたちょうせん kitachousen | North Korea |
| 朝鮮 | ちょうせん chousen | Korea |
| 朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 | ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこく chousenminshushugijinminkyouwakoku | Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK |
| 朝鮮半島 | ちょうせんはんとう chousenhantou | Korean peninsula |
| 鮮明 | せんめい senmei | vivid; clear; distinct |
| 新鮮 | しんせん shinsen | fresh |
Study notes
鮮 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #355 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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