漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
詮: discussion, methods called for
Also: selection, result
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 全 is drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 所詮しょせんafter all; in the end; anyway
- 詮せんway; method; means
- 詮術せんすべ(proper) methods
Also read せんずる, かい, あきらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
全
Also built on whole (全)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side詮 discussion · 全
vs該 above-stated · 亥In ChineseSimplified 诠 · traditional, as in Japanese · quán
Japan keeps the traditional form 詮; mainland China simplifies it to 诠.
- Simplified
- 诠 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 詮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin quán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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