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選 = 辶 + 巽
選 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “elect”. It is built from 辶 (road) and 巽 (southeast). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1944.
- Keyword
- elect
- RTK frame
- 1944
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- えら.ぶ, え.る, よ.る
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- избранный
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 選 choose
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 選 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “road” + “southeast”. 選 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 選 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.