抉 — Chinese character
抉
jué
to select, to choose; to pluck, to gouge
- Pinyin
- jué
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 夬
- Formation
- ideographic — To choose 夬 by hand 扌; 夬 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 抉 as a kanji
Common words with 抉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抉择 (抉擇) | jué zé | to choose (literary) |
抉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.