Chinese symbol for “optional”
选装
xuǎn zhuāng
Traditional: 選裝
optional (equipment)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for optional is 选装 (xuǎn zhuāng), defined as: optional (equipment).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “optional”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自选 (自選) | zì xuǎn | to choose by oneself; free to choose |
| 可选 (可選) | kě xuǎn | available; optional |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 选装.
| 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 |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
See also: Japanese symbol for “optional”.
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.