12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

pant, gasp, breathe hard

Kun'yomi
  • to gasp ②to suffer
  • せき
On'yomi
  • ゼン
  • セン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ゼンセン 79.7%
あえ 20.3%

Character Breakdown

pant, gasp, breathe hard
ゼン あえ.ぐ せき (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
and yet, and then, but
ジ ニ しこ.うして (Kentei Pre-1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 5598
JIS X 0208 1-51-35
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 954
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 848
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3946
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d9.11
Four corner code 6202.7