• 499th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 110 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuǎn (xuan3)to choose • to pick • to select • to elect

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xuǎn (xuan3)The component is pronounced as 'xùn' (xun4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

选择 (選擇)
选项 (選項)

Uncommon

人选 (人選)
候选人 (候選人)
入选 (入選)
大选 (大選)
挑选 (挑選)
海选 (海選)
当选 (當選)
票选 (票選)
竞选 (競選)
筛选 (篩選)
精选 (精選)
评选 (評選)
选出 (選出)
选手 (選手)
选用 (選用)
选票 (選票)
选秀 (選秀)
选举 (選舉)

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  • 1134th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiù (xiu4)handsome • refined • elegant • graceful • performance • ear of grain • show (loanword) • CL:場|场[chang2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

优秀 (優秀)

Uncommon

作秀 
俊秀 
清秀 
眉清目秀 
秀才 
秀气 (秀氣)
秀水 
秀美 
秀发 (秀髮)
秀丽 (秀麗)
脱口秀 (脫口秀)
走秀 
越秀区 (越秀區)
选秀 (選秀)
闺秀 (閨秀)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.