noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. being elected.
  2. being selected (for a prize, etc.), winning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
当選 とうせん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

hit, right, appropriate
トウ あ.たる まさ.に (2nd, N3)
snout, hand
elect, select, choose
セン えら.ぶ え.る (4th, N3)
southeast
たつみ ソン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)