Chinese Character 选 Meanings and components.

Form

选

Meaning

选 meaning[3] in English

To Choose.

To Pick.

To Select.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 选 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and early (先)

Its radical[1] is: 辵 (chuo4) which means: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character), .辵chuo4to walk …

In cangjie it is written with YHGU

How to write 选

To write选xuan3to choose you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 先xian1early arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 先 = 选

选 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

选
Pinyin:xuan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Choose . To Pick . To Select . To Elect
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
先
Pinyin:xian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Prior . Former . In Advance . First
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

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

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

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