评选
píng xuǎn · HSK 6
to select on the basis of a vote or consensus
🗳️⭐ ping a panel, xuan (choose) the winner — vote-based selection
评 means to comment or evaluate (as in 评论 review), 选 means to choose or elect (as in 选择). Together: evaluate then choose — selecting through group judgment rather than one person deciding.
评 — speech radical 讠 + flat 平
评 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 讠 (speech) signals it relates to spoken judgment or discussion, while 平 (flat, level) provides the sound and hints at weighing things evenly. Together they convey appraising or commenting fairly.
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.