U+62E9 "择" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+62E9 "择" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to choose" or "to select," commonly appearing in words like "选择" (xuǎnzé, meaning "choice" or "to choose"). It is composed of the radical 扌 (hand), indicating an action, and the phonetic component 睪, which contributes to its pronunciation. This character is used in both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, though it retains the same form in both scripts. In practical usage, it appears frequently in formal and everyday contexts, such as in decision making, education, and technology, where selecting options is a common theme. Historically, the character has been part of the Chinese writing system for centuries, evolving from earlier script forms while preserving its core meaning of selection.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
择 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
择 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE6 0x8B 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x62E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000062E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u62e9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
27417E |
| kCangjie |
QEQ |
| kCantonese |
zaak6 |
| kDefinition |
select, choose, pick out |
| kEACC |
27417E |
| kFourCornerCode |
5705 |
| kGB0 |
5281 |
| kHanYu |
31862.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
zé(71) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
31862.020 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0427.161 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5471 |
| kTGH |
2013:992 |
| kKangXi |
0427.161 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
2344 |
| kMandarin |
zé |
| kPhonetic |
1560* |
| kRSUnicode |
64.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
249.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
460.040:zé 464.020:zhái |
| kTotalStrokes |
8 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"擇" U+64C7 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
1445.020:zé 1450.010:zhái |