| Chinese Text Project |
| 擇 U+64C7 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 択 Alternate form | 择 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 手+ 13 strokes = 16 strokes total. |
|---|---|
| References: | Guangyun: p.512#33 Kangxi: p.458#05 Cihai: p.595r1c06 GSR: 790.n Hanyu: v3,p1969#04 |
| Composition: | Left: 扌, right: 睪. Component of: 𮟢 籜 蘀 |
| Mandarin: | zé zhái ㄗㄜˊ ㄓㄞˊ |
| Cantonese: | zaak6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | djhæk |
| Shuowen: | 《手部》擇：柬選也。从手睪聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·陌·宅》擇：選擇。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·手部·十三》擇：《唐韻》丈伯切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》直格切，𠀤音宅。《說文》揀選也。《書·呂𠛬》罔有擇言在躬。《禮·中庸》擇善而固執之者也。又《史記註》達各切，音鐸。《龜筴傳》悤悤疾疾，通而不相擇，妖孽數見，傳爲單薄。又《集韻》夷益切，音奕。人名。漢有司馬無擇。本作擇。或作𢍰。 |
| Fanqie: | 場伯 (《廣韻·入聲·陌·宅》) |
| Unihan definition: | select, choose, pick out |
Example usage
| 《論語·里仁》: | 擇不處仁，焉得知？ |
| If a man in selecting a residence, do not fix on one where such prevail, how can he be wise? | |
| 《孟子·離婁下》: | 如此則與禽獸奚擇哉？ |
| Since he conducts himself so, what is there to choose between him and a brute? | |
| 《孝經·卿大夫》: | 口無擇言，身無擇行。 |
| From their mouths there comes no exceptionable speech, and in their conduct there are found no exceptionable actions. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 君子言也無擇，聽也無淫，擇則亂，淫則辟。 |
| What the junzi says does not corrupt others. What he listens to is without exaggeration. Corruption results in disorder. Exaggeration results in the unorthodox. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 是以夫事其親者，不擇地而安之，孝之至也。 |
| Therefore a son finds his rest in serving his parents without reference to or choice of place; and this is the height of filial duty. | |
| 《商君書·君臣》: | 民之於利也，若水於下也，四旁無擇也。 |
| For people's attitude towards profit is just like the tendency of water to flow downwards, without preference for any of the four sides. | |
| 《孫子兵法·兵勢》: | 故善戰者，求之于勢，不責于人，故能擇人任勢。 |
| The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 揖五瑞，擇吉月日，見四嶽諸牧，班瑞。 |
| He called in the five tokens, chose a lucky month and day, gave audience to the president of the four mountains, and all the governors, returning the tokens in due course. | |
| 《禮記·月令》: | 乃擇元辰，天子親載耒耜，措之參保介之御間，帥三公、九卿、諸侯、大夫，躬耕帝藉。 |
| 《荀子·性惡》: | 夫人雖有性質美而心辯知，必將求賢師而事之，擇良友而友之。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 凡處尊位者必以敬，下順德規諫，必開不諱之門，撙節安靜以藉之，諫者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辭，乃擇可觀。 |
| 《春秋繁露·執贄》: | 暢有似於聖人者，純仁淳粹，而有知之貴也，擇於身者盡為德音，發於事者盡為潤澤。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 任重道遠者，不擇地而息。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 孔子曰：「上敬老則下益孝，上順齒則下益悌，上樂施則下益諒，上親賢則下擇友，上好德則下不隱，上惡貪則下恥爭，上強果則下廉恥，民皆有別，則貞、則正，亦不勞矣，此謂七教。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 故受命王者必擇天下美號，表著已之功業，明當致施是也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 故以是明上之於言也，必自也聽之，必自也擇之，必自也聚之，必自也藏之，必自也行之。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 漢六年，正月，封功臣，張子房未嘗有戰功，高皇帝曰：「鉉籌策帷幄之中，決勝千里之外，子房功也，子房自擇齊三萬戶。」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 故使學者勞思慮而不知道，費日月而無成功，故君子必擇師焉。 |
| 《孔子家語·五儀解》: | 孔子曰：「所謂庸人者，心不存慎終之規，口不吐訓格之言，不擇賢以托其身，不力行以自定。」 |
| 《潛夫論·思賢》: | 是故先王為官擇人，必得其材，功加於人，德稱其位，人謀鬼謀，百姓與能，務順以動天地如此 |
| 《論衡·累害》: | 凡人操行，不能慎擇友，友同心恩篤，異心踈薄，踈薄怨恨，毀傷其行，一累也。 |
| 《太玄經·沈》: | 測曰，「宛雛沈視」、擇食方也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 今惲久見授任，職在昭德塞違，為官擇人，知延貪邪，罔上害民，所在荒亂，怨慝並作，此為惡積愆，非一旦一夕之漸也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 選，擇也。 |
| 《素書·遵義章》: | 為人擇官者亂，失其所彊者弱。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 夫驢騾駱駞，犀象瑇瑁，琥珀珊瑚，翠羽珠玉，山生水藏，擇地而居，潔清明朗，潤澤而濡，磨而不磷，涅而不淄，天氣所生，神靈所治，幽閒清淨，與神浮沉，莫之效力為用，盡情為器。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·正交論》: | 無乃未若擇其正而黜其邪與？ |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 法：取此擇彼，問故觀宜。 |
| 《列子·湯問》: | 孔周曰：「吾有三劍，唯子所擇。」 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 夫裁衣而知擇其工，裁國而知索其人，此固世之所公哉。 |
| 《文子·道德》: | 聖人嘗聞禍福所生而擇其道，智者嘗見禍福成形而擇其行，聖人知天道吉凶，故知禍福所生，智者先見成形，故知禍福之門。 |
| 《列仙傳·黃帝》: | 自擇亡日，與群臣辭。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 善言無瑕讁，善言謂擇言而出之，則無瑕疵讁過於天下。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 故明主使法擇人，不自舉也。 |
| 《慎子·民雜》: | 大君不擇其下，故足。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 河海不擇細流，故能就其深。 |
| 《管子·明法解》: | 明主之擇賢人也，言勇者試之以軍，言智者試之以官，試於軍而有功者則舉之，試於官而事治者則用之。 |
| 《六韜·六守》: | 文王曰：「慎擇六守者何？」 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 北人無擇非舜而自投清泠之淵，不可以為世儀。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·壅塞》: | 齊王欲以淳于髡傅太子，髡辭曰：「臣不肖，不足以當此大任也，王不若擇國之長者而使之。」 |
| 《鬼谷子·摩篇》: | 故謀必欲周密，必擇其所與通者說也。 |
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