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択 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
3Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
タクたく · taku
Kun
えら.ぶera.bu
Meaning
choose; select

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 睪: to pick up and choose — to select.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタクたくtaku選択せんたく採択さいたく二者択一にしゃたくいつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 選択せんたく

    choice; selection

  • 採択さいたく

    adoption

More words with this kanji

  • 選択肢せんたくし
  • 揀択かんたく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

進路(しんろ)の選択(せんたく)に時間(じかん)をかけた。

I took time over choosing my path.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

採択選択択採to pic…選to cho…抑hold…抽extrac…拘arrest掃sweep排reject卓table託entrus…托entrus…宅home沢swamp
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading タクAll maps

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