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jiǎn
HSK 7freq #11089

Meanings

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jiǎn
  1. 1.to choose
  2. 2.to pick
  3. 3.to sort out
  4. 4.to pick up

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.three tiles; set of pung or chow
  2. 2.(alt. form 檢／检) to restrain; to constrain
  3. 3.(alt. form 檢／检) to inspect; to investigate
  4. 4.to pick up; to collect
  5. 5.to put in order
  6. 6.to take; to get

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).

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Stroke order

Components

拣扌七㇆八

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Synonyms

拾取拿搦攞拎㧡討捰摣提擔荷㨮拈掏掗攑挈捎把馱撈朵抯揹

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Derived terms

坎坎糊你丟我撿你丢我捡挑撿挑捡撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜 / 捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜撿便宜捡便宜撿場捡场撿字紙捡字纸撿拾捡拾撿柴捡柴撿洋落兒捡洋落儿撿漏捡漏撿現成捡现成撿破爛捡破烂撿起捡起撿金捡金撿骨捡骨

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Related words

拣起 to pick up翻拣 to browse and select拣选 to select白拣 a cheap choice分拣 to sort (mail)拣择 (literary) to select挑拣 to pick and choose拣信室 mail sorting office暴力分拣 rough handling of parcels during mail sorting披沙拣金 (lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom)挑三拣四 to be picky拣佛烧香 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person