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The character 抉 (jué) is a phono-semantic compound. Its left component, the hand radical 扌 (shǒu), signals a meaning related to manual action. Its right component, 夬 (guài), provides the phonetic element and carries an ancient sense of decisiveness or separation. The character’s core meaning thus stems from a physical action: to pick out, pluck, or extract something. Over time, this concrete action evolved metaphorically to represent the mental process of making a selection or determining a course of action. This abstract sense of choosing is central to the common compound 抉择 (juézé), which denotes a significant choice between distinct alternatives.
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他面临重要抉择。
我们需要慎重抉择。
在困难中抉择不易。
她终于抉择了未来道路。
面对两个机会，他抉择了很久。
人生的抉择往往影响一生。
如果必须抉择，我会选前者。
在道德与利益之间抉择是艰难的。