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选 — to choose; to pick; to select

to choose; to pick; to select; to elect

Pinyin
xuǎn
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 选: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

选 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 选 in the HSK syllabus: 18

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select; to electHSK 3
  2. 选择xuǎnzéto select; to pick; choice; option; alternativeHSK 3
  3. 挑选tiāoxuǎnto choose; to selectHSK 5
  4. 选手xuǎnshǒuathlete; contestantHSK 5
  5. 当选dāngxuǎnto be elected; to be selectedHSK 6
  6. 评选píngxuǎnto select on the basis of a vote or consensusHSK 6
  7. 入选rùxuǎnto be included among those selected forHSK 6
  8. 筛选shāixuǎnto filterHSK 6
  9. 选拔xuǎnbáto select the bestHSK 6
  10. 选修xuǎnxiūto take as an elective; an elective; electiveHSK 6
  11. 候选人hòuxuǎnréncandidateHSK 7–9
  12. 竞选jìngxuǎnto take part in an election; to run for officeHSK 7–9
  13. 人选rénxuǎnchoice of person; candidateHSK 7–9
  14. 推选tuīxuǎnto elect; to chooseHSK 7–9
  15. 选举xuǎnjǔto elect; electionHSK 7–9
  16. 选民xuǎnmínvoter; constituency; electorateHSK 7–9
  17. 选项xuǎnxiàngoption; alternative; choice; to choose a projectHSK 7–9
  18. 选用xuǎnyòngto choose for some purpose; to select and useHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.