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择 - zé

select, choose, pick out

select, choose, pick out

How to read 择

Click 择 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishselect, choose, pick out
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

择偶 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 择刺. Please read 择定 one more time.

Common words with this character

to choose a spouse
to pick out the bones in a fish
to select
to fix a date; to select an auspicious date

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 择 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 择偶 and 择刺 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 择.