He lives almost like a hermit sage.
The immortal practiced wizardry deep in the mountains.
Wizardry is a mysterious power that only immortals can use.
仙 (a hermit/immortal) and 千 (the number thousand) share the same reading せん but have completely unrelated meanings, so learners can mix them up by sound alone.
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)
fairy; nymph; elf
dwelling place of hermits; pure land away from the world
meisen silk
garden balsam; touch-me-not
Standard kanji form for this word.
Rarely used kanji form; learners will almost never encounter this.
From Chinese 仙 (xiān), referring to a Taoist immortal or transcendent being. The Japanese reading せん is the on'yomi.
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