択 – choose, select, elect

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#847 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 択 means choose, select, elect, prefer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タク (taku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is えら.ぶ (erabu). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タク	taku
Kun’yomi	えら.ぶ	erabu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 尸・扎・丶.

Words using 択

選択せんたくchoice採択さいたくadoption

Example sentences

選択は全く君次第だ。

The choice is all up to you.

Tatoeba #141009

その委員会はその提案を採択した。

The committee adopted the plan.

Tatoeba #212376

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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