択 = 扌 + 尺

択 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “select”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 尺 (chinese measure approx. 'foot').

Keyword: select
Pinyin (Mandarin): zé
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: select, choose, pick out, выбрать, choose, pick out
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 択 choose

Decomposition

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扌 hand
尺 chinese measure approx. 'foot'

How to find 択 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “chinese measure approx. 'foot'”. 択 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 択 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.