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仙 = 亻 + 山

仙 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hermit”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 山 (mountain). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1061.

Keyword
hermit
RTK frame
1061
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン, セント
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
отшельник
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
仙 taoist super-being

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 山 mountain

How to find 仙 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “mountain”. 仙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 仙 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.