select

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Simplified from .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

𠬤 sound component

𠬤  Sound component

  

spy on

Evolution

择 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
择 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
择 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
择 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
择 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

select, choose, pick out; to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhái]

Most common words with 择
Freq.
Word
Meaning

选择

to select

别无选择

to have no other choice

抉择

to choose (literary)

to select

不择手段

by fair means or foul

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)