Chinese symbol for “elected”

选入

xuǎn rù

Traditional: 選入

selected (for admission); elected

The closest CC-CEDICT match for elected is 选入 (xuǎn rù), defined as: selected (for admission); elected.

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Characters and stroke order

选 xuǎn

to select, to elect, to choose; election

radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

入 rù

to enter, to come in; to join

radical 11 ⼊ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

選 xuǎn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 选入.

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
进入 (進入)	jìn rù	to enter; to go into
加入	jiā rù	to become a member; to join

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.