择
擇zé
#959 most
frequent character
to select, to choose, to pick over
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
择 shows a hand 扌 and 𠬤 yì, which marks the sound. The hand gives the first meaning: to choose or select. Later it grew to pick out and to tell apart.
择 as a component in other characters
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