Trace Panda
■ radical

zé

to select

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 睪 represents the sound. The simplified character 择 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 擇.

扌
meaning

hand — 扌 is a component form of 手.

睪
sound

spy on — The pronunciation of 擇 was similar to 睪 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Through the ages

擇
Traditional script
Cursive script

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