Chinese Character 擇 Meanings and components.
Form
擇
Meaning
- 擇 meaning[3] in English
To Select.
To Choose.
To Pick Over.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to spy out (睪)
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
In cangjie it is written with QWLJ
How to write 擇
To write擇 you should write a combination of 扌 , 睪 arranged in a 吅 shape:
扌 + 睪 = 擇
擇 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 擇 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 擇, looks as follow:
擇
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
睪
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Spy Out
幸
Pinyin:xing4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Trusted . Intimate . (Of The Emperor) To Visit . Variant Of 幸[Xing4]
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