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Kotomora

践

tread, step on, trample, practice, carry through

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • セン

Kun'yomi

  • ふ.む

Meaning

践 centers on the physical act of stepping or treading, and extends naturally to the idea of putting something into practice or carrying it through, as if walking a path.

Most common words using 践

  • 実践じっせん
    N1

    practice; putting into practice; implementation

  • 実践的じっせんてき
    N1

    practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts

  • 実践例じっせんれい

    practical example

  • 実践倫理じっせんりんり

    practical ethics (morality)

  • 実践哲学じっせんてつがく

    practical philosophy

  • 実践女子大学じっせんじょしだいがく

    Jissen Women's University

  • 実践女子大学短期大学部じっせんじょしだいがくたんきだいがくぶ

    Jissen Women's University Junior College

  • 実践女子短大じっせんじょしたんだい

    Jissen Women's Junior College

  • 実践家じっせんか

    practical person; man of action; doer

  • 実践理性じっせんりせい

    practical reason or ethics

  • 実践理性の要請じっせんりせいのようせい

    postulates of practical reason

  • 実践理性批判じっせんりせいひはん

    Critique of Practical Reason (Kant)

  • 実践者じっせんしゃ

    practitioner

  • 実践躬行じっせんきゅうこう

    acting up to one's principles

  • 実践道徳じっせんどうとく

    practical ethics (morality)

  • 履践りせん

    implementation; carrying out; practice

  • 日本沙漠緑化実践協会にっぽんさばくりょくかじっせんきょうかい

    Japan Association for Greening Deserts

  • 践祚せんそ

    accession (to the throne)

  • 践言せんげん

    keeping one's word

  • 践踏せんとう

    trampling down; trampling underfoot; treading on

Explore all words using 践 →

Study

Etymology

践 combines 足 (foot) with 戋, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of stepping or treading.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 足 means foot. Picture a foot stepping firmly on the ground, treading a path. That same foot can also represent putting an idea into practice, step by step.

Reading mnemonic

For セン, imagine a line (線, せん) drawn on the ground that you must tread carefully along: 線 -> セン, and your foot follows the line.