選

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See also: 选
選 U+9078, 選
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9078
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 遹 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

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

Note:
  • suang2 - Shantou;
  • suêng2 - Chaozhou.
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
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 		/*oʔ/ /*oʔ/ /*oʔ-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. * 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

選

  1. to choose; to pick; to select
    他選了一顆紅蘋果。 [MSC, trad.]
    他选了一颗红苹果。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā xuǎn le yī kē hóng píngguǒ.
    He picked a red apple.
  2. to elect
    選總統／选总统  ―  xuǎn zǒngtǒng  ―  to elect a president
  3. election
    大選／大选  ―  dàxuǎn  ―  general election

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 選 (“to choose”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 選, 擇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 挑選, 選擇, 揀選, 挑揀
Mandarin Beijing 挑, 揀
Taiwan 挑, 選
Tianjin 挑, 揀
Chengde 挑, 揀
Tangshan 挑, 揀
Cangzhou 挑, 揀
Baoding 挑, 揀, 選
Shijiazhuang 挑
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
Dandong 挑, 挑選, 揀
Jinzhou 挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
Dalian 挑
Yantai 挑
Yantai (Muping) 挑
Qingdao 挑, 揀
Lijin 挑, 揀
Zhucheng 剔, 揀
Jinan 挑, 揀
Jining 挑, 剔
Luoyang 揀, 挑, 選
Wanrong 揀, 挑
Shangqiu 挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
Yuanyang 挑, 選, 揀
Zhengzhou 挑, 揀
Lingbao 挑, 揀
Xinyang 擇
Baihe 挑, 選
Hanzhong 挑, 選, 揀
Xi'an 挑, 揀, 挑揀, 選擇
Baoji 挑, 挑選, 揀
Yinchuan 挑, 選擇, 選, 揀
Tianshui 選擇, 揀
Lanzhou 挑, 揀
Dunhuang 揀
Xining 揀, 挑
Hami 挑
Ürümqi 挑, 揀, 選
Wuhan 擇, 挑, 選, 選擇
Yichang 挑, 選, 揀
Xiangyang 挑, 選, 選擇
Tianmen 挑, 選, 選擇
Hong'an 擇, 選, 挑
Chengdu 挑, 選
Nanchong 挑, 選, 選擇
Dazhou 挑選
Hanyuan 挑
Xichang 挑, 挑選
Zigong 選, 找
Chongqing 挑, 刁
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
Anqing 挑, 選, 揀
Xuzhou 挑, 選, 揀
Fuyang 挑, 選, 選擇
Wuhu 揀, 挑, 選
Yangzhou 揀, 挑, 選
Lianyungang 挑, 選, 揀
Lianshui 揀
Nanjing 挑, 揀
Hefei 揀, 選, 挑
Nantong 挑, 揀
Singapore 選
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) 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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
Lishi 挑, 揀
Linfen 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
Jieyang 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

Japanese

Shinjitai 選
Kyūjitai
選󠄁
選+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
選󠄄
選+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

選

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 選 (MC sjwenX); compare Mandarin 選／选 (xuǎn):

From Middle Chinese 選 (MC sjwenH); compare Mandarin 選／选 (xuàn):

Unknown:

From native Japanese roots:

Noun

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

選(せん) • (sen) 

  1. selection
  2. choice
  3. choosing

References

  1. ^ “選”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2130 (paper), page 1117 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

選 (eumhun 가릴 선 (garil seon))

  1. Hanja form? of 선 (“selection”).
  2. Hanja form? of 선 (“choice”).
  3. Hanja form? of 선 (“elect”).
  4. Hanja form? of 선 (“distinguish”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

選: Hán Nôm readings: tuyển

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