擇

See also: 择

擇 U+64C7, 擇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64C7 ← 擆 [U+64C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 擈 → [U+64C8]

Translingual

Traditional	擇
Shinjitai	択
Simplified	择

Han character

擇 (radical 64 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手田中十 (QWLJ), four-corner 5604₁, composition ⿰扌睪)

Derived characters

• 蘀, 籜, 𮟢

Descendants

• 择 (Simplified Chinese)
• 択 (Japanese shinjitai)

References

• KangXi: page 458, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12796
• Dae Jaweon: page 806, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1969, character 4
• Unihan data for U+64C7

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Chinese

trad.		擇
simp.		择
alt. forms		𢍰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
斁	*ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜	*l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀	*l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸	*l'aːɡ
凙	*l'aːɡ
襗	*l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇	*rlaːɡ
澤	*rlaːɡ
鸅	*rlaːɡ
蠌	*rlaːɡ
檡	*rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋	*hljaɡ
繹	*laːɡ
睪	*neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
譯	*laːɡ
嶧	*laːɡ
懌	*laːɡ
驛	*laːɡ
醳	*laːɡ
圛	*laːɡ
墿	*laːɡ
燡	*laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rlaːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zé, zhái (ze², zhai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ, ㄓㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhe̍t / tho̍k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): te̍k / tia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): doh⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): zeq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: tsê²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhái
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jair
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶
    • Yale: jaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhe̍t / tho̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: ced / tog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ced⁶ / tog⁶
    • IPA: /t͡sʰet̚⁵/, /tʰok̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: doh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to̍h
    • IPA ^(key): /toʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zeq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻əʔ¹²/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 擇
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sɤ³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡sai²⁴/ /ʈ͡ʂai²⁴/ /t͡sɤ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡sai⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂei⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂe⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂɛ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sei²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sɨ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sə¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sei⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰɤ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰe³¹/ /t͡se³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰɛ²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰə³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡səʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡sɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡saʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡saʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/zəʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/zəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/d͡za²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰɛ²²/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰa¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sʰə²⁴/ /t͡sʰə⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰæ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰet̚⁵/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sak̚²/
	Nanning	/t͡sak̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sɐk̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tik̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tɛiʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/toʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sɔk̚⁵/ /kai²¹³/ 訓揀

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖˠæk̚/▼

Rime
Character	擇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	瑒伯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡɐk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhé

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*rlaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擇
Reading #	1/1
No.	15128
Phonetic component	睪
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*rlaːɡ/

Definitions

擇

1. to select; to choose; to pick out

Compounds

• 不擇手段／不择手段 (bùzéshǒuduàn)
• 口不擇言／口不择言
• 口無擇言／口无择言
• 天擇／天择 (tiānzé)
• 孟母擇鄰／孟母择邻
• 寒不擇衣／寒不择衣
• 張良擇留／张良择留
• 忙不擇價／忙不择价
• 急不擇言／急不择言
• 慌不擇路／慌不择路
• 抉擇／抉择 (juézé)
• 採擇／采择
• 揀擇／拣择
• 擇不開／择不开
• 擇主而事／择主而事 (zézhǔ'érshì)
• 擇交／择交
• 擇交而友／择交而友
• 擇人而事／择人而事

• 擇偶／择偶 (zé'ǒu)
• 擇優／择优
• 擇刺／择刺
• 擇友／择友
• 擇吉／择吉 (zéjí)
• 擇善固執／择善固执
• 擇善而從／择善而从
• 擇善而行／择善而行
• 擇地而蹈／择地而蹈
• 擇席／择席
• 擇德以配／择德以配
• 擇戀／择恋
• 擇日／择日 (zérì)
• 擇日子／择日子
• 擇日館／择日馆
• 擇期／择期
• 擇木／择木 (zémù)
• 擇木而處／择木而处

• 擇福宜重／择福宜重
• 擇肥而噬／择肥而噬
• 擇菜／择菜
• 擇要／择要
• 擇鄰／择邻
• 擇配／择配
• 擇食／择食
• 決擇／决择
• 物競天擇／物竞天择
• 良禽擇木／良禽择木 (liángqínzémù)
• 語不擇人／语不择人
• 身無擇行／身无择行
• 選擇／选择 (xuǎnzé)
• 選擇題／选择题 (xuǎnzétí)
• 野手選擇／野手选择
• 電腦擇友／电脑择友
• 飢不擇食／饥不择食 (jībùzéshí)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	択
Kyūjitai	擇

Kanji

擇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 択)

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Readings

• Goon: じゃく (jaku)
• Kan’on: たく (taku)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 擇ぶ)

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Korean

Hanja

擇 • (taek) (hangeul 택, revised taek, McCune-Reischauer t'aek, Yale thayk)

1. chosen among many, picked out
2. divide

Verb

擇 • (taekhada) (hangeul 택하다)

1. to choose, to select, to pick

Compounds

• 선택 (選擇, seontaek)

Related terms

• 정 (定, jeong): decide; determine

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Vietnamese

Han character

擇 (trạch)

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