当選
とうせん · tousen · JLPT N1 · noun
being elected
🏆🗳️ 当 = hit the target, 選 = choose: you hit the target and get chosen
当 means hit or strike the mark, as in 当たる (to hit). 選 means choose, as in 選ぶ. Together they mean being picked after hitting the target, used for elections and prize wins.
当 — small ⺌ + crown 冖 + hand 彐 (simplified from 當: 尚 + 田)
Originally written 當, combining 田 'field' with 尚 as a phonetic. The early sense was 'to match' or 'face' a field of equal value, extended to 'correspond to', 'ought to', and 'serve as'. The simplified form 当 streamlines the upper 尚 component.