択

択

択 U+629E, 択 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-629E ← 抝 [U+629D] CJK Unified Ideographs 抟 → [U+629F]

Translingual

Traditional	擇
Shinjitai	択
Simplified	择

Etymology

Simplified from 擇 (睪 → 尺)

Han character

択 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手尸人 (QSO), composition ⿰扌尺)

1. select, choose, pick out

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 422, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11902
• Dae Jaweon: page 770, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1844, character 6
• Unihan data for U+629E

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Japanese

Shinjitai	択
Kyūjitai	擇

Kanji

択

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 擇)

1. select, choose, pick out, option

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
• Kan-on: たく (taku, Jōyō)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 択ぶ)

Compounds

• 採択
• 選択
• 二者択一

Counter

択(たく) • (-taku) 

1. option, choice

   緑(みどり)か黄(き)色(いろ)か赤(あか)かの三(さん)択(たく)

   midori ka kiiro ka aka ka no santaku

   three options of green, yellow or red