選

See also: 选

Translingual

Han character

選 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口山金 (YRUC), four-corner 3730₈, composition ⿺辶巽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1265, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39127
• Dae Jaweon: page 1761, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3886, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9078

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Chinese

trad.		選
simp.		选

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
撰	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡronʔ
饌	*sɡroːnʔ, *sɡrons
譔	*skʰon, *sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉	*skʰon
選	*sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons
繏	*sqʰons
潠	*sqʰons, *sqʰuːns
蟤	*skron
僎	*sɡronʔ, *sɡrons, *skun
襈	*sɡrons, *ɡrons
巽	*sqʰuːns
簨	*sqʰunʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 巽 (OC *sqʰuːns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎn (xuan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sién
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌ing
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suang² / suêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan³
    • Yale: sywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syun²
    • Yale: syún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syiŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán
    • Tâi-lô: suán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suang² / suêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suáng / suéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ⁵²/, /sueŋ⁵²/

Note:

• suang2 - Shantou;
• suêng2 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: sjwenX, sjwenH

Rime
Character	選	選
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	思兖切	息眷切
Baxter	sjwenX	sjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇnX/	/siuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛnX/	/sʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuænX/	/sjuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swianX/	/swianH/
Li Rong	/siuɛnX/	/siuɛnH/
Wang Li	/sĭwɛnX/	/sĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯wɛnX/	/si̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuǎn	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun2	syun3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]o[n]ʔ/, /*[s]o[r]ʔ/, /*[s]o[n]ʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰonʔ/, /*sqʰons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	選	選	選
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuǎn	xuǎn	xuàn
Middle Chinese	‹ sjwenX ›	‹ sjwenX ›	‹ sjwenH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]o[n]ʔ/	/*[s]o[r]ʔ/	/*[s]o[n]ʔ-s/
English	choose; count	count (v.)	even, orderly
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	選	選
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14157	14158
Phonetic component	巽	巽
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	選
Old Chinese	/*sqʰonʔ/	/*sqʰons/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 選

1. to choose; to pick; to select
2. to elect
3. election

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 選 (“to choose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		選, 擇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		挑選, 選擇, 揀選, 挑揀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挑, 揀
	Taiwan	挑, 選
	Chengde	挑, 揀
	Chifeng	挑, 選擇, 揀
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	揀選
	Heihe	挑, 選, 揀
	Qiqihar	挑, 選, 揀
	Harbin	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Jiamusi	挑, 選
	Baicheng	挑, 選
	Changchun	挑
	Tonghua	挑
	Shenyang	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Jinzhou	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Singapore	選
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挑, 揀
	Tangshan	挑, 揀
	Cangzhou	挑, 揀
	Baoding	挑, 揀, 選
	Shijiazhuang	挑
	Lijin	挑, 揀
	Jinan	挑, 揀
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	挑
	Dandong	挑, 挑選, 揀
	Yantai	挑
	Yantai (Muping)	挑
	Qingdao	挑, 揀
	Zhucheng	剔, 揀
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	揀, 挑, 選
	Lingbao	挑, 揀
	Jining	挑, 剔
	Wanrong	揀, 挑
	Linfen	挑揀
	Shangqiu	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Yuanyang	挑, 選, 揀
	Zhengzhou	挑, 揀
	Xinyang	擇
	Baihe	挑, 選
	Xi'an	挑, 揀, 挑揀, 選擇
	Baoji	挑, 挑選, 揀
	Tianshui	選擇, 揀
	Xining	揀, 挑
	Xuzhou	挑, 選, 揀
	Fuyang	挑, 選, 選擇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	挑, 選擇, 選, 揀
	Lanzhou	挑, 揀
	Dunhuang	揀
	Hami	挑
	Ürümqi	挑, 揀, 選
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	挑, 選
	Nanchong	挑, 選, 選擇
	Dazhou	挑選
	Hanyuan	挑
	Xichang	挑, 挑選
	Zigong	選, 找
	Chongqing	挑, 刁
	Wuhan	擇, 挑, 選, 選擇
	Yichang	挑, 選, 揀
	Xiangyang	挑, 選, 選擇
	Tianmen	挑, 選, 選擇
	Guiyang	揀, 選, 挑選
	Zunyi	選
	Bijie	挑
	Liping	挑, 挑選
	Zhaotong	刁
	Dali	挑選
	Kunming	挑選, 揀
	Mengzi	挑
	Guilin	選
	Guilin (Lingui)	選
	Liuzhou	挑, 選, 選擇
	Changde	選
	Hanzhong	挑, 選, 揀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	挑, 揀
	Yangzhou	揀, 挑, 選
	Lianyungang	挑, 選, 揀
	Lianshui	揀
	Nantong	挑, 揀
	Anqing	挑, 選, 揀
	Wuhu	揀, 挑, 選
	Hefei	揀, 選, 挑
	Hong'an	擇, 選, 挑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揀, 挑
	Hong Kong	揀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	揀
	Macau	揀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	揀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	揀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	揀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	揀
	Foshan	揀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	揀
	Foshan (Shunde)	揀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	揀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	揀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	揀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	揀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	揀
	Taishan	揀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	揀
	Enping (Niujiang)	揀
	Heshan (Yayao)	揀
	Dongguan	揀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	揀
	Yangjiang	揀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	揀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	揀
Gan	Nanchang	揀
	Lichuan	揀, 擇
	Pingxiang	揀
Hakka	Meixian	挑, 擇
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	揀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	揀, 擇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	揀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	揀
	Wengyuan	擇
	Liannan	揀
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	揀
	Jiexi	擇
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	擇
	Changting	擇
	Wuping (Yanqian)	擇
	Ninghua	擇
	Yudu	擇
	Ningdu	揀, 擇
	Tonggu (Sandu)	揀, 擇
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	擇
	Dayu	擇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揀, 擇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揀, 擇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揀, 擇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揀, 擇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揀, 擇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擇
	Hong Kong	擇
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	揀
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	揀
	Xinyi (Sihe)	揀
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	揀
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	揀
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	揀
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	揀
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	擇
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	揀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	選
	Luchuan	揀
	Sabah (Bao'an)	揀
	Senai (Huiyang)	揀
Huizhou	Jixi	揀, 擇
	Shexian	擇, 揀
Jin	Taiyuan	挑
	Yangyuan	挑, 選擇, 選, 揀
	Datong	挑
	Xinzhou	挑, 選
	Lüliang (Lishi)	挑, 揀
	Changzhi	揀, 挑揀
	Linhe	揀, 挑, 挑選
	Jining	挑, 選擇
	Hohhot	挑, 揀
	Erenhot	挑
	Pingshan	挑, 揀
	Zhangjiakou	挑, 揀
	Handan	挑, 挑揀
	Linzhou	挑, 揀
	Suide	挑, 選, 揀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剔, 擇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	揀, 挑, 選
Southern Min	Xiamen	揀, 選
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	揀
	Quanzhou	揀, 選
	Zhangzhou	揀, 選, 揀擇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	選, 揀
	Manila (Hokkien)	揀, 選
	Chaozhou	擇, 揀
	Bangkok (Teochew)	揀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	選
	Singapore (Teochew)	揀, 選
	Batam (Teochew)	選
	Leizhou	揀, 挑
	Wenchang	揀, 選
	Haikou	揀
	Qionghai	揀, 選
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	選
Wu	Shanghai	揀, 選
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挑, 揀
	Suzhou	揀, 挑
	Danyang	挑, 揀, 選
	Hangzhou	挑
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	挑, 選, 擇揀
	Ningbo	揀
	Wenzhou	揀, 挑, 剔
	Jinhua	擇
Xiang	Changsha	選, 挑, 揀
	Loudi	擇
	Shuangfeng	擇, 揀, 挑

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

選

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• On: さん (san)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 選ぶ, Jōyō); える (eru, 選る); よる (yoru, 選る)
• Nanori: かず (kazu); のぶ (nobu); よし (yoshi); より (yori)

Noun

Kanji in this term
選
せん Grade: 4
on'yomi

選(せん) • (sen) 

1. selection
2. choice
3. choosing

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Korean

Hanja

選 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

1. selection
2. choice
3. elect
4. distinguish

Compounds

• 선택 (選擇, seontaek)
• 선거 (選擧, seon'geo): election

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 選 (tuyển)

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