選擇 (xuǎnzé) — to choose; to select; choice; selection

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選擇＝選＋擇

ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ · xuǎnzé

verb/noun — to choose; to select; choice; selection

字源 FORM — what the parts do

選to choose, to elect (選舉的選)xuǎn辶(movement/path) + 巽(xùn, the wind hexagram; phonetic) — moving through options to pick; 巽 gives the sound

擇to select, to pick out (選擇的擇)zé扌(hand) + 睪(zé, phonetic) — the hand that picks out; 睪 gives the sound (also in 澤, 譯)

選擇，選舉的選，取捨的擇。