TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
選
選 ＝ 辶 ＋ 巽
ㄒㄩㄢˇ · xuǎn
verb — to choose; to elect
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義walking — the road
巽聲xùn — gives the soundtwo kneeling figures set side by side on a stand
FTxùn → xuǎn
The road (辶) with 巽 xùn — two figures kneeling side by side on a stand; the final opens to xuǎn. Set out in a row, walked past, one of them taken: to choose (選擇); choosing by many hands, to elect (選舉).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
台上（丌）跪著兩個人，走過去（辶）的人停下，點了其中一個。
Two figures kneel on the stand (丌); the one walking past (辶) stops — and picks one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)挑選、選擇— to pick out常用
→選舉— to elect — picking by ballot
→人選、入選— the pick — the one taken
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension