擇

See also: 择

Translingual

Traditional	擇
Shinjitai	択
Simplified	择

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. select, choose, pick out

Derived terms

• 蘀, 籜

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zé (ze²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: tsê²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶
    • Yale: jaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: tog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tog⁶
    • IPA: /tʰok̚⁵/

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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

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Japanese

Kanji

擇

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

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Readings

• On: たく (taku), えき (eki)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu), やぶれる (yabureru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

擇 (trạch)

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