籤
lottery, raffle
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Readings
On'yomi
- セン
Kun'yomi
- くじ
- かずとり
Meaning
籤 centers on drawing lots or raffles, where a random selection determines an outcome.
Most common words using 籤
- 籤くじN1
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
- サッカー籤サッカーくじ
football pool; soccer lottery
- スクラッチ籤スクラッチくじ
scratchcard; scratch ticket; scratch-and-win
- 抽籤券ちゅうせんけん
lottery ticket
- 本籤ほんくじ
first prize in a private lottery
- 神籤みくじ
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
- 竹籤たけひご
thin strip of bamboo
- 籤ひご
thin strip of bamboo
- 籤逃れくじのがれ
elimination by lottery
Study
Etymology
籤 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 韱, which likely contributes the sound. Bamboo strips were historically used for writing lots or tallies.
Meaning mnemonic
Bamboo 竹 strips were used to make lots for a raffle. The complex lower part 韱 looks like a bundle of marked sticks ready to be drawn.
Reading mnemonic
For セン, imagine a cent (one hundredth of a dollar) as the price of a raffle ticket: cent -> セン, and you draw a bamboo lot to see if you win.