择

See also: 擇

择 U+62E9, 择 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62E9 ← 拨 [U+62E8] CJK Unified Ideographs 拪 → [U+62EA]

Translingual

Traditional	擇
Shinjitai	択
Simplified	择

Han character

择 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手水手 (QEQ), four-corner 5705₄, composition ⿰扌𠬤)

Derived characters

• 箨 萚

Related characters

• 擇 (Traditional form of 择)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 427, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1862, character 2
• Unihan data for U+62E9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 擇 (睪 → 𠬤).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 择 – see 擇 (“to select; to choose; to pick out; to pick up”). (This character is the simplified form of 擇).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.