選

See also: 选

選	U+9078, 選 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9078

← 遷
[U+9077]

CJK Unified Ideographs

遹 →
[U+9079]

Translingual

Han character

選 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口山金 (YRUC), four-corner 3730₈, composition ⿺辶巽)

Derived characters

𠐯, 𢸷, 𤂿, 𣟙, 𦇗, 𨯭, 𧂍, 𥶷

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1265, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39127
Dae Jaweon: page 1761, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3886, character 1
Unihan data for U+9078

Chinese

trad.		選
simp.		选

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 選
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (巽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
撰	sɡroːnʔ, sɡronʔ
饌	sɡroːnʔ, sɡrons
譔	skʰon, sɡronʔ, *sɡrons
鐉	*skʰon
選	sqʰonʔ, sqʰons
繏	*sqʰons
潠	sqʰons, sqʰuːns
蟤	*skron
僎	sɡronʔ, sɡrons, *skun
襈	sɡrons, ɡrons
巽	*sqʰuːns
簨	*sqʰunʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰonʔ, *sqʰons) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 辵 + phonetic 巽 (OC *sqʰuːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xuǎn (xuan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щүан (xüan, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun²
Gan (Wiktionary): xyon³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sién

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiên³
Jin (Wiktionary): xye²
Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌ing
Eastern Min (BUC): sōng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeng³ / syeng³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soán

(Teochew, Peng'im): suang² / suêng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sienn³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan³
  - Yale: sywǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuan
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щүан (xüan, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyæ̃⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syun²
  - Yale: syún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬun⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xyon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyɵn²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian³
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiên³
  - Sinological IPA: /siɛn³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xye²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕye⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: soeng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬœŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: syeng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬyøŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán
  - Tâi-lô: suán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suang² / suêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suáng / suéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ⁵²/, /sueŋ⁵²/

Note:

suang2 - Shantou;
suêng2 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shi
  - MiniDict: shi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sienn³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si̯ẽ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: sjwenX, sjwenH

Rime
Character	選	選
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	思兖切	息眷切
Baxter	sjwenX	sjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇn^X/	/siuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛn^X/	/sʷiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuæn^X/	/sjuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swian^X/	/swian^H/
Li Rong	/siuɛn^X/	/siuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/sĭwɛn^X/	/sĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯wɛn^X/	/si̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuǎn	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun²	syun³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]o[n]ʔ/, /*[s]o[r]ʔ/, /*[s]o[n]ʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sqʰonʔ/, /*sqʰons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	選	選	選
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuǎn	xuǎn	xuàn
Middle Chinese	‹ sjwen^X ›	‹ sjwen^X ›	‹ sjwen^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]o[n]ʔ/	/*[s]o[r]ʔ/	/*[s]o[n]ʔ-s/
English	choose; count	count (v.)	even, orderly
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	選	選
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14157	14158
Phonetic component	巽	巽
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	選
Old Chinese	/*sqʰonʔ/	/*sqʰons/

Definitions

選

to choose; to pick; to select
他選了一顆紅蘋果。 [MSC, trad.]
他选了一颗红苹果。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā xuǎn le yī kē hóng píngguǒ. [Pinyin]
He picked a red apple.
to elect
選總統／选总统 ― xuǎn zǒngtǒng ― to elect a president
election
大選／大选 ― dàxuǎn ― general election

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 選 (“to choose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		選, 擇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		挑選, 選擇, 揀選, 挑揀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挑, 揀
	Taiwan	挑, 選
	Chengde	挑, 揀
	Chifeng	挑, 選擇, 揀
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	揀選
	Heihe	挑, 選, 揀
	Qiqihar	挑, 選, 揀
	Harbin	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Jiamusi	挑, 選
	Baicheng	挑, 選
	Changchun	挑
	Tonghua	挑
	Shenyang	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Jinzhou	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Singapore	選
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挑, 揀
	Tangshan	挑, 揀
	Cangzhou	挑, 揀
	Baoding	挑, 揀, 選
	Shijiazhuang	挑
	Lijin	挑, 揀
	Jinan	挑, 揀
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	挑
	Dandong	挑, 挑選, 揀
	Yantai	挑
	Yantai (Muping)	挑
	Qingdao	挑, 揀
	Zhucheng	剔, 揀
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	揀, 挑, 選
	Lingbao	挑, 揀
	Jining	挑, 剔
	Wanrong	揀, 挑
	Linfen	挑揀
	Shangqiu	挑, 選, 選擇, 揀
	Yuanyang	挑, 選, 揀
	Zhengzhou	挑, 揀
	Xinyang	擇
	Baihe	挑, 選
	Xi'an	挑, 揀, 挑揀, 選擇
	Baoji	挑, 挑選, 揀
	Tianshui	選擇, 揀
	Xining	揀, 挑
	Xuzhou	挑, 選, 揀
	Fuyang	挑, 選, 選擇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	挑, 選擇, 選, 揀
	Lanzhou	挑, 揀
	Dunhuang	揀
	Hami	挑
	Ürümqi	挑, 揀, 選
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	挑, 選
	Nanchong	挑, 選, 選擇
	Dazhou	挑選
	Hanyuan	挑
	Xichang	挑, 挑選
	Zigong	選, 找
	Chongqing	挑, 刁
	Wuhan	擇, 挑, 選, 選擇
	Yichang	挑, 選, 揀
	Xiangyang	挑, 選, 選擇
	Tianmen	挑, 選, 選擇
	Guiyang	揀, 選, 挑選
	Zunyi	選
	Bijie	挑
	Liping	挑, 挑選
	Zhaotong	刁
	Dali	挑選
	Kunming	挑選, 揀
	Mengzi	挑
	Guilin	選
	Guilin (Lingui)	選
	Liuzhou	挑, 選, 選擇
	Changde	選
	Hanzhong	挑, 選, 揀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	挑, 揀
	Yangzhou	揀, 挑, 選
	Lianyungang	挑, 選, 揀
	Lianshui	揀
	Nantong	挑, 揀
	Anqing	挑, 選, 揀
	Wuhu	揀, 挑, 選
	Hefei	揀, 選, 挑
	Hong'an	擇, 選, 挑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揀, 挑
	Hong Kong	揀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	揀
	Macau	揀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	揀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	揀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	揀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	揀
	Foshan	揀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	揀
	Foshan (Shunde)	揀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	揀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	揀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	揀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	揀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	揀
	Taishan	揀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	揀
	Enping (Niujiang)	揀
	Heshan (Yayao)	揀
	Dongguan	揀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	揀
	Yangjiang	揀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	揀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	揀
Gan	Nanchang	揀
	Lichuan	揀, 擇
	Pingxiang	揀
Hakka	Meixian	挑, 擇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	揀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	揀, 擇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	揀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	揀
	Wengyuan	擇
	Liannan	揀
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	揀
	Jiexi	擇
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	擇
	Changting	擇
	Wuping (Yanqian)	擇
	Ninghua	擇
	Yudu	擇
	Ningdu	揀, 擇
	Tonggu (Sandu)	揀, 擇
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	擇
	Dayu	擇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揀, 擇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揀, 擇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揀, 擇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揀, 擇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揀, 擇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擇
	Hong Kong	擇
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	揀
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	揀
	Xinyi (Sihe)	揀
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	揀
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	揀
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	揀
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	揀
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	擇
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	揀
	Mengshan (Xihe)	選
	Luchuan	揀
	Sabah (Bao'an)	揀
	Senai (Huiyang)	揀
Huizhou	Jixi	揀, 擇
Huizhou	Shexian	擇, 揀
Jin	Taiyuan	挑
	Yangyuan	挑, 選擇, 選, 揀
	Datong	挑
	Xinzhou	挑, 選
	Lüliang (Lishi)	挑, 揀
	Changzhi	揀, 挑揀
	Linhe	揀, 挑, 挑選
	Jining	挑, 選擇
	Hohhot	挑, 揀
	Erenhot	挑
	Pingshan	挑, 揀
	Zhangjiakou	挑, 揀
	Handan	挑, 挑揀
	Linzhou	挑, 揀
	Suide	挑, 選, 揀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	剔, 擇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	揀, 挑, 選
Southern Min	Xiamen	揀, 選
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	揀
	Quanzhou	揀, 選
	Zhangzhou	揀, 選, 揀擇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	選, 揀
	Manila (Hokkien)	揀, 選
	Chaozhou	擇, 揀
	Bangkok (Teochew)	揀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	選
	Singapore (Teochew)	揀, 選
	Batam (Teochew)	選
	Leizhou	揀, 挑
	Wenchang	揀, 選
	Haikou	揀
	Qionghai	揀, 選
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	選
Wu	Shanghai	揀, 選
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挑, 揀
	Suzhou	揀, 挑
	Danyang	挑, 揀, 選
	Hangzhou	挑
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	挑, 選, 擇揀
	Ningbo	揀
	Wenzhou	揀, 挑, 剔
	Jinhua	擇
Xiang	Changsha	選, 挑, 揀
	Loudi	擇
	Shuangfeng	擇, 揀, 挑

Compounds

中選／中选 (zhòngxuǎn)
互選／互选
人選／人选 (rénxuǎn)
候選／候选 (hòuxuǎn)
入選／入选 (rùxuǎn)
初選／初选 (chūxuǎn)
刷選／刷选
助選／助选 (zhùxuǎn)
參選／参选 (cānxuǎn)
取選／取选
單選／单选 (dānxuǎn)
圈選／圈选
大選／大选 (dàxuǎn)
妙選／妙选
徵選／征选 (zhēngxuǎn)
應選／应选
打選／打选
挑選／挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
採選／采选
推選／推选 (tuīxuǎn)
揀選／拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn)
提選／提选 (tíxuǎn)
改選／改选 (gǎixuǎn)
文選／文选 (wénxuǎn)
普選／普选 (pǔxuǎn)
極選／极选
殊選／殊选
民選／民选 (mínxuǎn)
水選／水选
決選／决选
特選／特选
獲選／获选 (huòxuǎn)
甄選／甄选 (zhēnxuǎn)
當選／当选 (dāngxuǎn)
票選／票选 (piàoxuǎn)
穗選／穗选
競選／竞选 (jìngxuǎn)
篩選／筛选 (shāixuǎn)
粒選／粒选
精選／精选 (jīngxuǎn)
美選／美选
考選／考选
膺選／膺选
落選／落选 (luòxuǎn)
補選／补选 (bǔxuǎn)
複選／复选 (fùxuǎn)
評選／评选 (píngxuǎn)
詩選／诗选
謁選／谒选
賄選／贿选 (huìxuǎn)
赴選／赴选
輔選／辅选
退選／退选 (tuìxuǎn)
選事／选事
選人／选人
選任／选任 (xuǎnrèn)
選侍／选侍
選修／选修 (xuǎnxiū)
選刊／选刊
選務／选务 (xuǎnwù)
選區／选区 (xuǎnqū)
選取／选取 (xuǎnqǔ)
選場／选场
選填／选填
選士／选士
選定／选定 (xuǎndìng)
選官／选官
選家／选家
選情／选情 (xuǎnqíng)
選懦／选懦
選戰／选战 (xuǎnzhàn)
選手／选手 (xuǎnshǒu)
選拔／选拔 (xuǎnbá)
選播／选播
選擇／选择 (xuǎnzé)
選本／选本 (xuǎnběn)
選材／选材 (xuǎncái)
選民／选民 (xuǎnmín)
選派／选派 (xuǎnpài)
選用／选用 (xuǎnyòng)
選礦／选矿
選票／选票 (xuǎnpiào)
選種／选种
選粹／选粹
選美／选美 (xuǎnměi)
選聘／选聘 (xuǎnpìn)
選育／选育
選舉／选举 (xuǎnjǔ)
選課／选课 (xuǎnkè)
選調／选调 (xuǎndiào)
選讀／选读 (xuǎndú)
選賢與能／选贤与能
選購／选购 (xuǎngòu)
選送／选送
遴選／遴选 (línxuǎn)
選配／选配
選錄／选录 (xuǎnlù)
選閱／选阅
選集／选集 (xuǎnjí)
選項／选项 (xuǎnxiàng)
選風／选风
選體／选体
銓選／铨选
預選／预选
墨選／墨选
點選／点选

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “选”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

Japanese

Shinjitai	選
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]	選󠄁 選+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	選󠄄 選+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

選

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 選 (MC sjwenX); compare Mandarin 選／选 (xuǎn):

Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 選 (MC sjwenH); compare Mandarin 選／选 (xuàn):

Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)

Unknown^[2]:

On (unclassified): さん (san)、さつ (satsu)、せち (sechi)

From native Japanese roots:

Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 選ぶ, Jōyō)、える (eru, 選る)、よる (yoru, 選る)、そろう (sorou, 選う)
Nanori: かず (kazu)、のぶ (nobu)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)

Noun

Kanji in this term
選
せん Grade: 4
on'yomi

選(せん) • (sen)

selection
choice
choosing
replacement for the less-common character 籤 in Sino-Japanese compounds such as 抽籤 ("drawing lots")

References

^ “選”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2130 (paper), page 1117 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

選 (eumhun 가릴 선 (garil seon))

hanja form^? of 선 (“selection”)
hanja form^? of 선 (“choice”)
hanja form^? of 선 (“elect”)
hanja form^? of 선 (“distinguish”)

Compounds

선택 (選擇, seontaek, “choice”)
선거 (選擧, seon'geo, “election”)

Vietnamese

Han character

選: Hán Nôm readings: tuyển

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[1] “選”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[KDJ-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2130 (paper), page 1117 (digital)

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