Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
选
These are the forms of 選, the traditional character: 选 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 西周中期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 6 forms
择
These are the forms of 擇, the traditional character: 择 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 西周晚期 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 8 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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人们或可选择何时开始恋爱，但它的终结却不由人。
People can begin to love when they choose, but they have no choice when it comes to ending love.
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你必须做选择。
You have to choose.
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我可以在茶和咖啡之间做个选择。
I can choose between tea and coffee.
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我还有其他选择吗？
What other options do I have?
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我除了坐飞机外别无选择。
I have no choice except going by air.
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教书是我自己选择的职业。
Teaching is a profession of my own choosing.
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请为Image Viewer的界面选择语言。
Please select a language for the Image Viewer interface.