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抉

jué

Character

What 抉 means

1. to pick out
2. to single out

Example sentences

• 这就是抉择所在。
  Zhè jiù shì juézé suǒzài.
  This is the dilemma.

Words starting with 抉

• 抉择jué zéto choose (literary)

Characters built on 夬

These share the phonetic component 夬 (guài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 决juéto decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 诀juéto bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 炔quēalkyne; also pr. jué

Characters that look like 抉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc…
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 扶fúto support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring

Sounds the same

Read jué, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 觉to feel; to find that; thinking
• 决to decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 绝to cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 掘to dig
• 倔used in 倔强
• 爵ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 角role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel
• 脚role (variant of 角
• 诀to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 厥to faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 蕨Pteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 攫to seize; to snatch; to grab