zhì

to select

To select  a match  also provides the pronunciation

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

適 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

shì

  

suitable, to fit

Evolution

擿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
擿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
擿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to select, to pick out from, to discard; to select; to nitpick; to expose

 

zhì

to scratch; old variant of |[zhì]