verb #13,027

Meanings

  1. 1 to select
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick

Examples

HSK 7-9
Nǐ yào shènzhòng xuǎnzé.
You should choose carefully.
HSK 7-9
Zé yōu lùqǔ.
Admit the best candidates.

Tips

usage
Common in 选择 (to choose) and 抉择 (to decide).

Components

radical
shǒu
hand (radical form of 手)
Side-hand radical on the left - the compressed form of that heads the vast picking-and-handling family ( hit, pull, grab, pick out, sort). Marks as a hand-action verb: the hand reaches in and selects one item from many.
phonetic
watching closely
Right is a 5-stroke graphic residue of ; standalone has 13 strokes, so this is a heavy fusion of the original eye-over-fugitive picture. Across the family (, , , 驿) PRC reform replaced the full with this compact stand-in. Supplies the sound zé.

Stroke Order