Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

択: choose, select

Also: elect, prefer

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 尺 gives the sound

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

タクtaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 選択せんたくchoice; selection; option
  • 採択さいたくadoption; selection; choice
  • 択一たくいつchoosing one from among several
  • 選択肢せんたくしchoices; alternatives; options
  • 二者択一にしゃたくいつchoosing between two things; two choices
  • 選択科目せんたくかもくelective subject or course

Also read えらぶ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
尺

Also built on shaku (尺)

The 尺 family reads シャク (shaku); 択 is read タク.

Also read タク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
択 choose · 扌
vs沢 swamp · 氵
択 has 扌 where 沢 has 氵.
In ChineseSimplified 择 · traditional 擇 · zé

Three different forms: Japanese 択, simplified 择, traditional 擇.

Simplified
择 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
擇 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zé most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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