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抽選券 (chuusenken) Japanese meaning: lottery ticket | Kotomora

抽ちゅう選せん券けん

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Meanings

1

A ticket used in a drawing or raffle; the standard term for a physical or digital lottery entry.

抽ちゅう選せん券けんを一いち枚まい買かって、宝たからくじに応おう募ぼし

た

。

I bought one lottery ticket and entered the drawing.

Kanji

抽pluck, pull, extract
籤lottery, raffle
券ticket
選elect, select, choose

Related words

宝たからくじ
Refers to a public lottery (often with large prizes), while 抽選券 is the physical ticket for any kind of drawing.
抽ちゅう選せん
Means 'drawing' or 'lottery' as an event; 抽選券 is the ticket used in that drawing.

Written forms

抽ちゅう選せん券けん
Standard modern spelling using 選.
抽ちゅうせん券けん
Common simplified spelling replacing 選 with kana せん.
抽ちゅう籤せん券けん
Uses the older kanji 籤 for くじ; rarely seen today.

Etymology

Compound of 抽選 (drawing, lottery) and 券 (ticket). The spelling 抽籤券 uses the older character 籤 for 'lot'.