擇

zé = z + e2

to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]

择 = 丨 + 又 + 扌 + 二 : Zorro (z) has to select (择) his new weapon between two terrible choices (择) in the elevator's kitchen (e2): there is either a boxing glove (又) or a dinosaur bone (丨). He has to select one using a toy claw (扌), but he has to choose wisely: one of the items is hooked to a charged capacitor (二) which will shock Zorro should he take the wrong choice (择).

擇 character breakdown

擇
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 睪
  - 幸
    - 丷
    - 干
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
    - 土
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
  - 罒

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

yì = y + Ø4

to spy out

Characters with 擇 as component

tuò = tu + o4

sheath around joints of bamboo

tuò = tu + o4

fallen leaves and bark

Words with 擇

to have no other choice

to choose (literary)

by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously

to choose a spouse

natural selection

Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter

to choose and use / to adopt (a decision)

(literary) to select / to choose

to choose one's food carefully / to be picky

impossible to separate / impossible to disentangle / cannot take time out

to pick out the bones in a fish

to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

to select

to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion

indiscriminate

to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly

to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom) / wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]

discard eligible (Frame Relay) / DE

Sentences with 擇

擇 currently does not appear in any sentence.