Chinese Character 择 Meanings and components.

Form

择

Meaning

择 meaning[3] in English

To Select.

To Choose.

To Pick Over.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 择 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and (𠬤)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QEQ

How to write 择

To write择ze2to select you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 𠬤𠬤5 arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 𠬤 = 择

择 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 择 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 择, looks as follow:

择
Pinyin:ze2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Select . To Choose . To Pick Over . To Pick Out . To Differentiate . To Eliminate . Also Pr. [Zhai2]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
𠬤
Pinyin:𠬤5 Shape:吕
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
㐄
Pinyin:kua4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Mirror Image Of 夂[Zhi3]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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