専: Specialty; Exclusive; MainlyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (セン)

• 専務せんむspecial duty; being in sole charge of a duty
• 専門せんもんspeciality; specialty
• 専門家せんもんかspecialist; expert
• 専攻せんこうmajor subject; special study
• 専用せんよう(one's) exclusive use; private use
• 専門学校せんもんがっこうvocational school; technical school
• 専業せんぎょうspecial occupation; principal occupation
• 専門店せんもんてんspecialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
• 専任せんにんfull-time service
• 専修せんしゅうspecialization; specialisation
• 専門的せんもんてきtechnical (e.g. discussion); exclusive
• 専属せんぞくexclusive; attached to
• 専門医せんもんいmedical specialist
• 専守防衛せんしゅぼうえいnonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
• 専従せんじゅうworking exclusively for; working full-time (for)
• 住専じゅうせんhousing-loan corporation
• 専売せんばいmonopoly; monopolization
• 専制せんせいdespotism; autocracy
• 専売特許せんばいとっきょpatent
• 専従者せんじゅうしゃperson doing one job exclusively; full-time worker
• 専心せんしんundivided attention; concentration
• 専念せんねんabsorption; giving undivided attention
• 専有せんゆうexclusive possession; sole ownership
• 専横せんおうarbitrariness; despotism
• 専科せんかspecialized course; specialised course
• 独断専行どくだんせんこうacting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
• 高専こうせんtechnical college
• 高等専門学校こうとうせんもんがっこうtechnical college
• おじ専おじせんperson who has a romantic preference for older men
• ガリ専ガリせんperson physically attracted to thin people
• デブ専デブせんchubby chaser; person attracted to overweight people
• バス専用レーンバスせんようレーンbus lane (of a highway)
• ビー専ビーせんattraction to ugly people
• ブス専ブスせんattraction to ugly people
• ロム専ロムせんlurker (on a forum)
• 一意専心いちいせんしんsingle-mindedly; wholeheartedly
• 中高層住居専用地域ちゅうこうそうじゅうきょせんようちいきmedium and high-rise residential zone
• 仮想専用網かそうせんようもうvirtual private network
• 低層住居専用地域ていそうじゅうきょせんようちいきlow-rise residential zone
• 八専はっせん49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain)
• 副専攻ふくせんこうminor (in university or college courses); sub-major
• 受信専用じゅしんせんようreceive only; RO
• 啓蒙専制君主けいもうせんせいくんしゅenlightened despot
• 在籍専従ざいせきせんじゅうcompany employee working full-time as a union official
• 在籍専従者ざいせきせんじゅうしゃfull-time trade union officer who remains employed at a company
• 売り専うりせんmale prostitute; rent boy
• 外専がいせんgaijin hunter; person who only dates (non-Asian) foreigners
• 女子専用じょしせんようfor the use of women only
• 女性専用車じょせいせんようしゃwomen-only carriage (e.g. on a train)
• 女性専用車両じょせいせんようしゃりょうwomen-only carriage (e.g. on a train)
• 専せんhaving a fetish for ...; specializing in ...
• 専一せんいちexclusively; (taking) best care
• 専任講師せんにんこうしfull-time lecturer; instructor

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 専らもっぱらwholly; solely
• 専らにするもっぱらにするdevote oneself to

Other readings

• でぶ専デブせんchubby chaser; person attracted to overweight people
• ウリ専うりせんmale prostitute; rent boy
• オジ専おじせんperson who has a romantic preference for older men
• データ専用文字データせんようもじdedicated data character
• プログラム可能読取り専用記憶装置プログラムかのうよみとりせんようきおくそうちprogrammable read-only memory; PROM

Showing the 60 most common of 152 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 専

• 門
• 用
• 読
• 取
• 売
• 業
• 制
• 家
• 修
• 従
• 科
• 主