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RTK / HeisigFrame #1944

選

elect

Lv 35

Strokes: 15

JLPT: N3

Jōyō: Grade 4

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elect RTKChoose

Community Mnemonic

▲ 551 votes

There were so many snakes on the road to Noah's ark so they had to elect which two would represent the snake species.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

On'yomi

せん

Kun'yomi

えら