jué

choose

To choose  by hand  also provides the pronunciation

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

夬 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

guài

  

parted, decisive

Evolution

抉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
抉 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
抉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jué

choose, select; gouge, pluck out; to pick out; to single out

Most common words with 抉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

抉择

to choose (literary)

to pick out