to select; to choose; to pick out

HSK 3 #961

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 961st character
Radical ⼿ (64.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 992
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

择 zé
  1. 1. to select
  2. 2. to choose
  3. 3. to pick out
  4. 4. to pick over
  5. 5. to eliminate
  6. 6. to differentiate
  7. 7. also pr. zhái

Stroke order

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Words containing 择

Word Meaning
to select; choice; to pick
unscrupulously; by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook
to have no other choice
to choose (literary)
selectivity; selective; selectiveness
multiple-choice question
natural selection
to choose a spouse
natural selection
indiscriminate
to talk irresponsibly; to ramble; to speak incoherently
DE; discard eligible (Frame Relay)
natural selection
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
to choose and use; to adopt (a decision)
to be picky; to choose one's food carefully
impossible to disentangle; impossible to separate
to pick out the bones in a fish
to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)
to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
to select
to fix a date (for an event); to select an auspicious date
to pick an auspicious day
to pick the edible part of vegetables
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