选 — Chinese character
选
xuǎn
to select, to elect, to choose; election
- Pinyin
- xuǎn
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 辶 先
- Formation
- pictophonetic — walk; meaning component 辶; sound component 先
- Traditional
- 選
Common words with 选
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 选择 (選擇) | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative |
| 选举 (選舉) | xuǎn jǔ | to elect; election |
| 当选 (當選) | dāng xuǎn | to be elected; to be selected |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 候选人 (候選人) | hòu xuǎn rén | candidate; measure word: 名 (míng) |
| 选民 (選民) | xuǎn mín | voter; constituency |
| 竞选 (競選) | jìng xuǎn | to take part in an election; to run for office |
| 大选 (大選) | dà xuǎn | general election |
| 选出 (選出) | xuǎn chū | to pick out; to select |
| 选票 (選票) | xuǎn piào | a vote; ballot; 张 (zhāng) |
| 人选 (人選) | rén xuǎn | choice of person; candidate |
| 挑选 (挑選) | tiāo xuǎn | to choose; to select |
English words written with 选
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.