Memory phrase for the character: 選

選

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Meaning

choice, choose, selection

Pronunciation

 SEN
erabu, yoru

Explanation

 Left: movement 辶, right: 2 x self/me 己 (here: twice self, thus: both), together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together)

Mnemonic
 
(i.e. when dancing:) Both can do the movements each themselves or together: It's their choice.

Radicals

辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
己 I, myself
共 together
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 Vocabulary

選ぶ えらぶ  to choose, to select
選 せん  selection, choice
スポ－ツ選手 すぽ－つせんしゅ  athlete, Sports - star player
選挙 せんきょ  election
拳闘選手 けんとうせんしゅ  Boxer
当選 とうせん  being elected, winning the prize
抽選 ちゅうせん  lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
選手 せんしゅ  player (in game), team
選択 せんたく  selection, choice

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