先

선

read 선 음21 words 낱말from TOPIK 1 1급 6 more read 선 동음

As the first character — 18 words

선생님 先生- teacher TOPIK 1 선생 先生 teacher TOPIK 1 선배 先輩 senior, elder, upperclassman TOPIK 2 선진국 先進國 developed country TOPIK 4 선진 先進 being advanced TOPIK 4 선두 先頭 lead TOPIK 5 선천 先天 a native/inborn feature Common 선조 先祖 ancestor TOPIK 6 선진화 先進化 advancement Common 선도자 先導者 a vanguard, a leader in front Common 선구자 先驅者 pioneer Common 선후배 先後輩 have a previous relationship from school or work or something TOPIK 5 선사 先史 prehistory Common 선천적 先天的 apriori, natively, born into (traits) TOPIK 5 선입견 先入見 preconception TOPIK 5 선례 先例 precedent Common 선입관 先入觀 preconception Common 선제 先制 preemptive action Common

As the last character — 1 word

우선 于先 first of all, before everything TOPIK 3

In the middle — 2 words

우선적 優先的 preferential TOPIK 2 우선순위 優先順位 in order of priority TOPIK 6

6 other characters are also read 선

線 선 24 選 선 20 船 선 11 善 선 10 鮮 선 5 宣 선 5

Characters it combines with

進 진 선진국 先進國 3 shared words 的 적 우선적 優先的 2 shared words 者 자 선도자 先導者 2 shared words 生 생 선생님 先生- 2 shared words 入 입 선입견 先入見 2 shared words 天 천 선천 先天 2 shared words 優 우 우선적 優先的 2 shared words 輩 배 선배 先輩 2 shared words 國 국 선진국 先進國 1 shared word 化 화 선진화 先進化 1 shared word 後 후 선후배 先後輩 1 shared word 觀 관 선입관 先入觀 1 shared word

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Hanja spellings, word meanings and TOPIK grades from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

The reading 선 is derived from the alignment between these words' Hangul and their hanja spellings, not taken from a character dictionary — which is also why no 훈 is shown.