HanziCraft - Information on 挑,选

挑
选

挑

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挑 is the 1307th most frequent character.
挑 has 2 dictionary entries.
挑 appears as a character in 29 words.
挑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

挑 => 扌, 兆

Radical :

挑 => 扌 (hand), 儿 (legs), 冫 (ice), No glyph available

Graphical :

挑 => 亅, 二, 丿, 乚, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

tiao1 - to carry on a shoulder pole/to choose/to pick/to nitpick
tiao3 - to raise/to dig up/to poke/to prick/to incite/to stir up

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挑战 (挑戰)

Medium Frequency

挑选 (挑選)

百里挑一 (百裡挑一)

选

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选 is the 499th most frequent character.
选 has 1 dictionary entry.
选 appears as a character in 70 words.
选 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

选 => 辶, 先

Radical :

选 => 辶 (walk), ⺧ (cow), 儿 (legs)

Graphical :

选 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, ⺧, 丿, 乚

Pinyin & Meaning:

xuan3 - to choose/to pick/to select/to elect

Pronunciation Clues:

Pronunciation clue for 选 (xuan3): The component 先 is pronounced as 'xian1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

选择 (選擇)

选项 (選項)

Medium Frequency

人选 (人選)

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)

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: 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.