选
xuǎnTraditional: 選
#1322 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to choose, to select, to elect
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the movement radical 辶 (chuò, to go) and 先 (xiān) as the phonetic element, conveying the act of going to pick out. The simplified 选 derives from the traditional 選.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 辶(movement) + 先 (xiān, phonetic)
Stroke order
选
Examples
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Which one do you choose?
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Everyone chose him as captain.
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Please select a colour you like.
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We chose this restaurant.
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Choosing the right path is half the battle.
选 (xuǎn) means to choose, select or elect. It is used when picking one option among several.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 选.
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