選考

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 4
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
銓衡 (dated)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 銓衡铨衡. 選考 is a daiyōji replacing 銓衡.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んこー [sèńkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

Noun

(せん)(こう) • (senkō

  1. screening of candidates

Verb

(せん)(こう)する • (senkō surusuru (stem (せん)(こう) (senkō shi), past (せん)(こう)した (senkō shita))

  1. select the most suitable candidate

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN