IDENTITY
选xuǎnto choose; to elect
HSK 3Top 300
CORE MEANING
to choose; to elect
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to chooseHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 辶walk radical (chuò)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿺辶先
- going
- gives the sound xuǎn
USAGE
Common words
选择xuǎnzéto choose
选举xuǎnjǔto elect
选手xuǎnshǒucontestant
Graded examples
我选这本书。Wǒ xuǎn zhè běn shū.HSK3
I choose this book.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 先
LEARNING
Memory aid
Going (辶) first (先) to pick the best — choosing. (From 選.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #300
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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