Chinese symbol for “choose”
选
xuǎn
Traditional: 選
to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for choose is 选 (xuǎn), defined as: to choose; to pick; to select; to elect.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “choose”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑选 (挑選) | tiāo xuǎn | to choose; to select |
| 抉择 (抉擇) | jué zé | to choose (literary) |
| 选取 (選取) | xuǎn qǔ | to choose |
| 拣 (揀) | jiǎn | to choose; to pick |
| 诹 (諏) | zōu | to choose; to consult |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “choose”.
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.