しん
新
せん
選
ぐみ
組

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. Shinsengumi, Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しん
新
せん
選
ぐみ
組
 新選組 しんせんぐみ
しん
新
せん
撰
ぐみ
組
 新撰組 しんせんぐみ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

new
シン　あたら.しい　あら.た (2nd, N4)
parent(親) variant
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (8th, N1)
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)
association, braid, plait
くみ　く.む　ソ (2nd, N3)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
moreover, also, furthermore
か.つ　ショ　ソ (9th, N1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)