选 xuǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 先 first, former, previous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
选修
xuǎnxiū
to take as an elective
Characters in this word
修 xiū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 攸 distant, far 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我选修中文。 Wǒ xuǎnxiū Zhōngwén. I take Chinese as an elective.
- 她选修音乐。 Tā xuǎnxiū yīnyuè. She takes music as an elective.
- 选修课很有趣。 Xuǎnxiū kè hěn yǒuqù. The elective class is very interesting.