入选
rùxuǎn · HSK 7
be chosen
✅ 入 enter + 选 choose = to enter the chosen list, be selected
入 means enter and 选 means choose or select; together they mean you enter the group that got chosen. Sounds like roo-shwan.
入 — single pictograph, two slanting strokes
入 is a pictograph showing an arrowhead or pointed entrance, with two strokes converging downward to suggest something going inward. The original sense was 'to enter,' and it still carries that meaning today. It contrasts visually with 人 (person), where the strokes cross differently at the top.
选 — 辶 walk + 巽 (xùn, phonetic)
选 combines the walking radical 辶 with 巽, which suggests the sound. The original sense relates to going through or passing by, extended to 'picking out' or 'choosing' from a group. The simplified form replaces the older 選.