Word family· 39 immortal mountain wizard; Taoist hermit · person free from worldly desires; unworldly person
daffodil; narcissus
great waka poet; immortal poet
sacrum; sacral bone · hermit-like quality; unworldly appearance; outstanding physique
Taoist immortal; mountain wizard; supernatural being · 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
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dwelling place of hermits; pure land away from the world
meisen silk
garden balsam; touch-me-not
elixir of life; immortality elixir
fairyland; enchanted land
immortal mountain wizard (Taoism) · crane (bird)
hermit's residence; recluse's dwelling · retired emperor's palace
sacral vertebra
residence of a retired emperor · retired emperor; emperor emeritus
enchanted cave; hermit's cave; grotto of an immortal
lychnis; Lychnis senno
Chinese mesona; Platostoma palustre
panacea; elixir of life
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Written forms 仙せん Usage 82%
Standard kanji form for this word.
僊せん Usage 18%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners will almost never encounter this.
Etymology From Chinese 仙 (xiān), referring to a Taoist immortal or transcendent being. The Japanese reading せん is the on'yomi.
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