# 択 — select; pick

択 means “select; pick”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: タク (taku). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: select; pick
- On'yomi: タク (taku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Doing & acting 1

## How to remember 択

Parts: 扌 hand · 尺 measure

## Don't confuse it with

[尽](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/exhaust/) · [尺](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/shaku-old-foot/) · [沢](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/marsh/)

## More in the “Doing & acting 1” set

[挙](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/raise/) · [援](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/aid/) · [施](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/carry-out/) · [従](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/follow/) · [狙](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/aim-at/) · [迫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/press/) · [措](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/set-aside/) · [択](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/select/) · [致](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bring-about/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/select/. Last updated 2026-11-01.