IDENTITY
择zéto choose; to select
HSK 4Top 800
CORE MEANING
to choose; to select
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to choose (in compounds)HSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 扌hand radical (shǒu)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰扌𠬤
- hand
- gives the sound zé
USAGE
Common words
选择xuǎnzéto choose
择业zéyèto choose a career
Graded examples
选择比努力更重要。Xuǎnzé bǐ nǔlì gèng zhòngyào.HSK5
Choice matters more than effort.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 译
LEARNING
Memory aid
The hand (扌) sorting and picking (𠬤) — selecting. (From 擇.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #800
- 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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