Chinese symbol for “anthology”
选集
xuǎn jí
Traditional: 選集
anthology
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anthology is 选集 (xuǎn jí), defined as: anthology.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “anthology”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 集子 | jí zi | anthology; selected writing |
| 选本 (選本) | xuǎn běn | anthology; selected works |
| 选编 (選編) | xuǎn biān | selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology |
| 总集 (總集) | zǒng jí | general collection; anthology |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 选集.
| 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 |
| 集团 (集團) | jí tuán | group; bloc |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate; to centralize |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anthology”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.