Memory phrase for the character: 选

选

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Meaning to choose, to pick, to select, to elect

Pronunciation

xuǎn

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: first, in advance 先 (A cow 牛 with only two legs 儿 walks preceding.)

Mnemonic
 
Who moves (fast), is the first to choose.

Radicals

辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
先 in advance, firstearly; prior; former
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 Vocabulary

选集 xuǎn jí  anthology
选择 xuǎn zé  to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
选举 xuǎn jǔ  to elect; election
选定 xuǎn dìng  to pick out; to select; chosen and fixed
当选 dāng xuǎn  be elected
挑选 tiāo xuǎn  choose; select
浮选 fú xuǎn  flotation process
选拔 xuǎn bá  to select the best
膺选 yīng xuǎn  to be elected
膺选 yīng xuǎn  

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