Read Edit View history Discussion 择 zézhái HSK4 select Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2021, 05:39 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2021, 05:39 PM verify Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components, customSources Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Simplified from 擇. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component 扌 is a component form of 手. 𠬤 𠬤 Sound component Change in sound 择 and 𠬤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese. Sources Readings & variants Unicode